Fully dynamic d by opDotExp overloading

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2009-04-18 11:19:38 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
> 
>> I'm confused. Isn't it clear that at the moment we "have" the ability 
>> to pass a function name as a runtime string?
> 
> Indeed, you can pass the template argument as a runtime argument to 
> another function. No misunderstanding here.
> 
> 
>> What we're lacking is the ability to implement that using reflection, 
>> but that's an entirely separated discussion!
> 
> Runtime reflection lacking indeed, but wether runtime reflection is an 
> entirely separated discussion depends on if what we're doing will get in 
> the way of implementing it.
> 
> 
>> And no, you're not supposed to forward from invoke(string, 
>> Variant[]...) to opDotExp - it's precisely the other way around!
> 
> Wrong. Whether it's one way or another entirely depends on what your 
> goals are.

Wrong. It's impossible to pass a dynamic string as a static string, so 
the street is one way.

Andrei