On the performance of building D programs

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Friday, 5 April 2013 at 14:02:36 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> I remember other compiler writers saying pragma should not be 
> used (I
> think GDC was it).

I see, I didn't realize pragma(lib) wasn't implemented in GDC.

> Anyway, It's easier to reason about a feature if you only had 
> to pass
> a single switch to enable the feature rather than having to 
> remember
> some odd set of rules.

Certainly; but at the same time, I think this is an opportunity 
to make the tool do the right thing with the least keystrokes.