DIP 50 - AST macros

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/12/13 7:21 AM, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> the .NET framework can do this because it exposes an api for querying,
> building, and compiling asts.
>
> D cannot do this because it doesn't. (and I have tried to make it work)

Maybe the problem needs to be reformulated for D. I think an SQL mixin 
that either stays unchanged (for DB engines) or translates to a D 
expression (for native D data types) would be doable, nontrivial, 
interesting, and instantly usable for people who already know SQL 
without any extra learning. In other words... actually better than Linq.

Andrei