How can I dump an expression into log and execute it

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On Friday, 11 July 2014 at 16:44:32 UTC, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
> I think D would be much easier to use if it had proper macros. 
> No need to mess around with q{...}, with string concatenations 
> for generating code (let the compiler do that) and also to make 
> the code more readable and easier to write.
>
> Please, D designers, try looking at other languages to get some 
> inspiration. I read in Reddit that Walter said "I didn't have 
> time to look at how Rust does things". Really? As a language 
> designer I would try to learn about every other possible 
> language to get the best of all of them in my language. Looking 
> at only C++ is not very good.
>
> But that's just my opinion. I'd like D to be easier to use. If 
> one day I have to use it in my workplace, better if it's good! 
> :-)

Macros are an aberration that allow code writers to create code
that is plan impossible to understand and mantain. Mixins can
give you pretty much the same amoun of functionality while
imposing sane limits to what can be done.