CTFE and DI: The Crossroads of D
Adam Wilson
flyboynw at gmail.com
Wed May 9 15:25:38 PDT 2012
On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:18:49 -0700, Era Scarecrow <rtcvb32 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> On Wednesday, 9 May 2012 at 22:16:17 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 May 2012 15:03:21 -0700, Era Scarecrow <rtcvb32 at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Why would this be such a big deal? As I understand it some of this
>>> comes from D couldn't compile to libraries (if that's different now I
>>> am not sure, haven't kept up with all the updates) so everything in
>>> phobos is distributed as source.
>>
>> Theoretically D can compile Shared Libraries now. Which means that DI
>> files are going to be more useful than ever.
>>
>>> If we can't compile to a callable library (static or dynamic) for a
>>> while and can't use CTFE on non-source, then the problem is more
>>> explicitly present and either needs a workaround or some type of
>>> convention.
>>
>> CTFE cannot currently call a function without it's source.
>
> Currently? If it can later the problem goes away...
There are no plans to do this at all any point in the future so waiting
for it would be fruitless.
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Adam Wilson
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