Non compile time evaluation for initializers

[Max Samukha]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:52:25 +0200, Lutger
<lutger.blijdestijn at gmail.com> wrote:

>Lutger wrote:
>> Janice Caron wrote:
>...
>> Suppose this is implemented, then how can you achieve constant folding 
>> with CTFE in initializers? Since it is not a compile time context 
>> anymore, all functions that substitue y will be evaluated at runtime.
>
>Nevermind, I responded too soon and overlooked the proviso that it's 
>only rewritten when it doesn't compile, sorry.

Then if a compile time function is messed up in a way that makes it
unevaluatable at compile time, it would be silently used at run-time,
which is not desired?