Reference value of structs not optimized or inlined?

[Walter Bright]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> I think these kinds of limitations make people more sour than others 
> because D lacks a manual inlining mechanism, with the explanation that 
> the compiler knows how to inline better.

C++ lacks it, too. The "inline" keyword is a hint which the compiler is 
free to ignore - the C++ compiler can also inline functions with no such 
annotation.

> Clearly, the compiler isn't 
> there yet, and I understand why, I just wanted to bring to light why 
> this might be a thorn in some sides.

Off the top of my head, I could list at least a hundred things people 
list as why they don't use D. I'd like to knock all those reasons down, 
and each release makes progress in doing so.

But it is worthwhile to bring these things up. It helps in trying to 
gauge their relative importance.