Creeping Bloat in Phobos

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

Walter Bright:

>> import std.algorithm, std.stdio;
>> int main(string[] args) {
>>   return cast(int)args.map!("a.length").reduce!"a+b"();
>> }
>>
>> Here's what LDC produces (with -O -inline -release 
>> -noboundscheck)
>
> Part of this particular case problem is not a compiler 
> optimizer weakness, but that autodecode problem I've been 
> throwing (!) chairs through windows on.

There is no char auto decoding in this program, right?

Note: in Phobos now we have std.algorithm.sum, that is better 
than reduce!"a+b"().

Bye,
bearophile