Metaprogramming in D : Some Real-world Examples

[Bill Baxter]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Walter Bright
>> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Looks like Bill Baxter is giving a presentation on D Nov. 18!
>>>
>>> http://www.nwcpp.org/
>>
>> Yep, that's right, and I'd be quite grateful to you smart folks here
>> if you could share your meta-programming favorites with me!   If
>> you've got a real-world example of meta-programming in D that you
>> think is particularly handy, then please send it my way
>>
>> I'm looking for small-but-useful things that are easy to explain, and
>> make something easier than it would be otherwise.  Things like places
>> where static if can save your butt,  or loop unrolling,  and passing
>> code snippets to functions like in std.algorithm.
>>
>> Things like a compile-time raytracer or regexp parser (though quite
>> cool!) are not what I'm after.  Too involved for a short talk.
>>
>> --bb
>
> std.random has code that checks the parameters of a congruential RNG during
> compilation. That's also an example in TDPL.

This looks good.
Any chance you could send me the snippet of the book that explains the
rationale for what constitutes "proper linear congruential
parameters"?

--bb