Prototype DIP11

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-08-15 01:39, Jonathan M Davis wrote
> That's just not going to work. If you use .di files, you lose CTFE and inlining
> for anything which isn't in the .di files. As such, there's a definite advantage
> for a library to _not_ use .di files. There have been some suggestions about
> how to fix that, but it's pretty much been decided to put off fixing how .di files
> to D3.

How about putting the complete source code in the .di files and then the 
compiler will still be able to do CTFE and inline? But that might be no 
difference compared with a .d file.

> So, libraries _must_ be able to use .d files exclusively. With D2, we _cannot_
> assume that libraries will use .di files. There's a good chance that they
> won't. Maybe they will for D3 but not for D2.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis


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/Jacob Carlborg