Compile-Time RNG

[tsbockman via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 21 January 2016 at 09:29:38 UTC, Matthias Bentrup 
wrote:
>> That aspect can easily be replaced by __LINE__ and __FILE__.
>
> A supported way to generate new names at compile time would be 
> nice.

It would, but in this particular case __LINE__ and __FILE__ 
actually provide a more natural way of solving the problem. The 
idea of generating new symbols to increment the counter is 
clever, but it's also an awkward hack.

__LINE__ already does pretty much what he needed by itself.