Compilation strategy

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On 2012-12-18, 02:28, H. S. Teoh wrote:

> If we implement a way of "hiding" implementation details that *allows*
> CTFE and templates (and thus one up the C++ situation), this will create
> a stronger incentive for D adoption. It doesn't matter if it's not hard
> to "unhide" the implementation; we don't lose anything (having no way to
> hide implementation is what we already have), plus it increases our
> chances of adoption -- esp. by enterprises, who are generally the kind
> of people who even care about this issue in the first place, and who are
> the people we *want* to attract. Sounds like a win to me.

.zip already has encryption, and unpacking those files and feeding them to
the compiler should be a rather simple tool. Sure, if someone makes it, it
could probably become part of the distribution. But making it a part of the
compiler seems more than excessive.

-- 
Simen