compiler support added for precise GC

[deadalnix]

Le 16/04/2012 13:24, Jacob Carlborg a écrit :
> On 2012-04-16 11:00, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 4/16/2012 1:20 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> I thought it was a first step for runtime reflection.
>>
>> The thing about runtime reflection is you only need it for a few
>> classes, while the compiler is doomed to generate the info for all of
>> them. Andrei suggested a better design, which was to use compile time
>> reflection to generate runtime information, as a library routine, on an
>> as-needed basis.
>
> If we can't relay on runtime reflection being there it's basically
> useless. It's like your idea that the GC shouldn't be optional. Then all
> library code needs to be written to work without the GC. It's the same
> thing with runtime reflection.
>

This is a lib issue. phobos should provide a standard way to do 
compiletime -> runtime reflection so each lib doesn't need to provide 
its own way every time.