CTFE and DI: The Crossroads of D

[Era Scarecrow]

On Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 03:17:20 UTC, Michaël Larouche wrote:
> On Thursday, 10 May 2012 at 02:59:22 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> @inline anyone?
>
> I find the @inline confusing, people could mistook it with a  
> force inline attribute.

> Something like @compiletime would be more clear for the tool  
> and the user.

  I know I have some functions that are used only during 
comile-time, specifically ones that generate code for me when 
using mixins. Seems useless to me to compile and keep functions 
that aren't used in actual Run-time..

  Either way, a @compiltime or @CT @CTFE would be a good label for 
it not to be stripped...

  And I agree, inline suggests it's forced, half the time I've 
read, forcing in-lining is usually self-defeating since the 
compiler in C/C++ will auto inline appropriate functions (During 
optimizing) when the size/speed/code ratio is workable regardless 
of the keyword hint.