Confusion/trying to understand CTFE keywords
Computermatronic
computermatronic at gmail.com
Mon Jun 4 00:13:25 UTC 2018
On Sunday, 3 June 2018 at 21:32:06 UTC, gdelazzari wrote:
I'm trying to understand why
> keywords such as "static" or "enum" are used to denote compile
> time "things". What I mean is that those keywords are also used
> for other purposes, so I find it a bit confusing. Couldn't a
> keyword like "ctfe" (just making it up right now) exist?
I believe the enum was chosen over a dedicated keyword for
compile-time constants to prevent adding another keyword, as D
already has quite a few.
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