Tuple/TypeTuple etc.

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:10:28AM -0700, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 08/16/2013 09:27 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> 
> > The so-called "typetuple" (what dmd calls a "tuple") is a
> > compile-time construct that can contain types, aliases, compile-time
> > values, etc., that only exist at compile-time.
> 
> They are all symbols, right? And symbols live only at compile time.
> 
> ...
> 
> > "Sequence" is OK, but risks confusion with std.range.sequence. Is
> > there a better word for it? Maybe an acronym -- CTS (compile-time
> > sequence)?
> 
> SymbolTuple it is! :)
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+1, I like this!  I still don't like the use of "tuple", but I think
"symbol" makes it abundantly clear what these things are.

I vote for SymbolTuple.


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