BLADE 0.2Alpha: Vector operations with mixins, expression templates,

[Dan]

Pragma Wrote:
> In short: no.  But it's really an unintentionally loaded question: there are some rather severe limitations as to what 
> kind of data structures you can create at compile time.  You're basically limited to tuples and strings, each of which 
> have drawbacks of their own.
> 
> You can create a tree using tuples, but then you run into problems with over-running the limitations on identifier 
> length built into the compiler.  Strings are no where near as flexible out of the box, but pose no storage limitations, 
> which gives a slight edge to string-based representations of data.  With some clever coding, strings can be made to 
> store just about any structure imaginable (even if it does make for some ugly code).

Well said.  Once the AST is reflected at compile time, I'm sure the code can be made vastly more refined; and perhaps additional code generators can be developed and *hopefully* integrated into D.

Particular generators that spark my interest tend to have to do with x87, SSE extensions, and x86-64.  Most compilers to date don't properly use these functionalities.  Having them integrated into D Agner Fog-optimally would hugely replace alot of C++ gaming, video, rendering and graphics engine code.

*bigsmile