Making template instantiations more lazy

Nordlöw per.nordlow at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 09:56:33 UTC 2017


On Wednesday, 18 October 2017 at 09:32:39 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 09:13:47 Per Nordlöw via 
> Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
>> Are there any nearby plans to make more template 
>> instantiations (especially aggregate members) lazy in DMD?
>>
>> Are there any specific obstacles against doing that or has it 
>> just not been prioritized?
>
> Templates are never instantiated unless they're actually... 
> well, instantiated. So, they're already lazy in that sense. The 
> compiler isn't pre-emptive with them at all. What exactly about 
> them do you want to be lazy that isn't?
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Member functions of templated containers is my main focus.


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