source/handy_http_primitives/optional.d

@@ -147,18 +147,6 @@ auto mapIfPresent(alias fn, T)(Optional!T opt) {
     return Optional!U.of(fn(opt.value));
 }
 
-/**
- * Helper function to get an Optional value for an existing value. Due to D's
- * type inference, you can simply write `auto opt = toOptional(x);` to avoid
- * having to write out types when constructing optionals.
- * Params:
- *   t = The value to construct an optional from.
- * Returns: The optional with the given value.
- */
-Optional!T toOptional(T)(T t) {
-    return Optional!T.of(t);
-}
-
 unittest {
     Optional!string s = Optional!string.of("hello");
     assert(!s.isNull);
@@ -220,11 +208,3 @@ unittest {
         }
     }
 }
-
-// Tests for toOptional.
-unittest {
-    int x = 5;
-    auto optX = x.toOptional;
-    assert(!optX.isNull);
-    assert(optX.value == 5);
-}