DIP 50 - AST macros

[Philippe Sigaud]

On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Simen Kjærås <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> wrote:

> Source is attached. I hope God forgives me.

Nice ideas. I particularly like this one:

final abstract class Args {
    @property
    static auto opDispatch(string name, Arg)(Arg arg) {
        return NamedArg!(name, Arg)(arg);
    }
}

Which allows you to have Args.c = 1 (and thus storing the name and the value).

Half of your implementation is in fact generic enough to be in Phobos
(staticFilter, staticZip). I know I use my own...

Btw, with DMD 2.064.2, we can now write:

template staticToString(T...) {
    enum staticToString = T.stringof;
}

as:

alias staticToString(T...) = T.stringof;

Which is both easier to understand and easier on the eyes.