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[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 9 December 2014 at 20:19:59 UTC, H. S. Teoh via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> As someone (ab)using empty template "idiom", I agree, we need 
>> a better
>> solution.
> [...]
>
> I don't see what's the problem with making it an "empty" 
> template. It
> eliminates dead code in your executable if you never call that 
> function,
> it enables attribute inference, and it allows inlining. The 
> only major
> incompatibility I can see is the ability to ship closed-source
> libraries, but in that case, inlining is already out of the 
> question
> anyway, so it's a non-issue.
>
> Or am I missing something obvious?
>

Considering the optimizer don't know what a template is, and do
the inlining, I'm not sure why everybody think the 2 are that
linked.