Request for Review: DI Generation Improvements

[Adam Wilson]

On Mon, 21 May 2012 05:12:32 -0700, dawg <dawg at dawgfoto.de> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 06:46:58 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 May 2012 23:11:50 -0700, Jonathan M Davis  
>> <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Monday, May 14, 2012 23:03:20 Adam Wilson wrote:
>>>> I have updated the make files so that only core.thread and  
>>>> core.sync.* are
>>>> run through DI generation. ALL other core.* modules are copied into  
>>>> the
>>>> import directory now.
>>>
>>> I assume that object.di and core/thread.di are being used rather than  
>>> their
>>> corresponding .d files being run through the .di generation? They  
>>> already have
>>> hand-crafted .di files.
>>>
>>> - Jonathan M Davis
>>
>> The funny thing is that core.thread.di was being run through the DI  
>> generator in the old make file. I had left it that way, I have posted a  
>> commit that moves it to the copy section.
>
> I did that so that the same di generation logic is applied to
> the handwritten import files. Currently I don't really expect any
> difference though.

Currently, there isn't any difference, however, once DI generation is  
changed to strip out function implementations it could change  
significantly. There is even talk of building a limited amount of semantic  
analysis into DI generation. Because of this, relying on the current DI  
generation in the future would not be a good idea; these changes are in  
preparation for future DI changes.

-- 
Adam Wilson
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