DIP81: Writing files at compile time

[lobo via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 at 18:57:05 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> I've been looking at a company's build system recently and it 
> makes me think this is a bad idea: we have enough problems 
> tracking import dependencies and changes as it is without other 
> files being written in the middle of the process too.
>
> I'd prefer it if these were always done as separate steps so it 
> can be more easily integrated into other build scripts. (Build 
> systems and scripts suck btw, but they suck less than the 
> confusion caused when files can be read and written arbitrarily 
> by the compiler, which already has hidden dependencies).

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