Internal and external iteration, fibers

[deadalnix]

On Monday, 21 January 2013 at 19:23:19 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2013-01-21 20:00, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>
>> I don't know whether or not it can be done in D. But, if it 
>> can be
>> done, it would definitely require awkward syntax. Probably 
>> more awkward
>> than the preprocessor-based syntax of the C/C++ version. (Not 
>> that I
>> want a preprocessor in D.)
>>
>> Maybe you could do it by sticking the whole coroutine into a 
>> string
>> literal that gets ripped apart and reassembled by a CTFE D 
>> parser, but
>> that would just be so clumsy and error-prone, and frankly far 
>> more
>> complex than should really be necessary, that I'd call it more 
>> of a
>> kludge than a solution. And really, if I have to write D code 
>> inside a
>> string literal to use it, that alone indicates that we're 
>> looking down
>> the wrong path.
>
> I know people don't like it but I have to say, this seems it 
> could be a job for AST macros.

I was thinking the same thing, but don't wanted to bug people. 
Indeed, it is the perfect job for AST macro. I can concur now 
that you mentioned it xD