use <> as expansion charactersHEADmaster

+ I kind of like the 'symmetry' of <> being 'self' and <param> being
  some parameter, but having to type lots of extra <*> is a bit
  annoying, and might also be an issue for C++. Still, enough
  functionality for a hashmap example

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/example_vec/new/main.c b/example_vec/new/main.c
index 4849cb3..a756281 100644
--- a/example_vec/new/main.c
+++ b/example_vec/new/main.c
@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+
+/* an empty trait matches anything, this would presumably be defined in a
+ * library somewhere and then included everywhere */
+typedef any {}
+
 #include "vec.h"
 
 #define foreach(name, i, s) \
 	for (name##_iter i = name##_begin(s); !name##_end(s, i); i = name##_next(i))
 
-typedef summable_vec[summable type]() = vec[type](){
-	type <>_sum(struct <> *v) {
-		type sum = 0;
+/* traits aren't really implemented fully yet but this would check for a
+ * function like <>_add(<> a, <> b) or something along those lines */
+typedef summable {}
+
+typedef summable_vec[summable type]() = vec[<type>](){
+	<type> <>_sum(struct <> *v) {
+		<type> sum = 0;
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < v->n; ++i) {
 			sum += v->buf[i];
 		}