Emplace vs closures

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 19.09.2016 15:52, ag0aep6g wrote:
> On 09/19/2016 02:55 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
>> This works:
>> import std.stdio;
>> void main(){
>>     int x=3;
>>     enum l=()=>x;
>>     writeln(x);
>> }
>>
>> I.e. l has the correct runtime context even though it is a static value.
>
> Enums are a special kind of static value, though. Can't do that with
> `static` instead of `enum`. Enums (often?) don't manifest until they're
> used. Could .init work that way?

Maybe -- and local template instantiation should work for all arguments 
that require it. Then we would not have this issue. But fixing .init for 
local structs breaks code.