version vs. static if

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, September 23, 2011 12:59:20 Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/23/2011 7:35 AM, Trass3r wrote:
> > Which again raises the question why we have version at all.
> 
> They're meant for a more global view of generating different versions from
> the same source code.

Not to mention that version blocks be affected by compiler flags (unlike static 
if).

Probably the thing that I like most about them though is that It's much nicer 
to split out OS differences with explicit version blocks than having them be 
just another set static ifs.

Yes, we technically _could_ get rid of version and do it all with static ifs, 
but it wouldn't be as clean IMHO.

- Jonathan M Davis