guard clause style static if

[rikki cattermole]

On 08/07/2018 12:54 AM, kdevel wrote:
> On Saturday, 7 July 2018 at 12:46:08 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
>> On 08/07/2018 12:40 AM, kdevel wrote:
>>> Interesting alternative
>>
>> That was not an alternative.
>> That is what your code was doing.
> 
> What my original code was supposed to do. But it did not compile.
> 
>     Error: array index [0] is outside array bounds [0 .. 0]
>     Error: string slice [1 .. 0] is out of bounds
> 
> My question is if it is intentionally failing to compile a static if 
> guard clause.

There is no such thing as a static if guard clause.

static if does not exist at runtime, only compile time. So when you 
erase it (CT -> RT)...

void func() {
	static if(true) {
		return;
	}

	func2();
}

becomes:

void func() {
	return;

	func2();
}

Which is clearly an error. Hence why you need to add else block.