CTFE and DI: The Crossroads of D

[Timon Gehr]

On 05/09/2012 10:45 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2012 13:43:12 -0700, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch> wrote:
>
>> On 05/09/2012 10:40 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>>>
>>> ... unfortunately, Phobos won't compile with the
>>> patch applied because of the CTFE reliance on the DRT source.
>>>
>>
>> It is actually the .di reliance. Maybe you should just fix the
>> makefile so that it does not generate .di files for druntime.
>
> It's not that easy. Phobos imports the DI's

It imports the modules.

> and it's make file would
> need to be adjusted as well. Which could very well break other things.

Slightly adjusting the makefile is certainly simpler than changing the 
language.

> Also, see the issues with SharedLibs. The issue of runtime commonality
> is no small deal.
>

It is absolutely unrealistic to do that any time soon. The runtime still 
regularly gets essential updates.