CTFE Status

[Stefan Koch via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 26 January 2017 at 11:59:48 UTC, Patrick Schluter 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 26 January 2017 at 07:27:13 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 25 January 2017 at 12:36:02 UTC, Stefan Koch 
>> wrote:
>> char* initPtr()
>> {
>>     return cast(char*) size_t.max;
>> }
>>
>> static assert(cast(size_t)initPtr() == size_t.max);
>>
>> Because it would try to return the char-value at heap-address 
>> size_t.max;
>> newCTFE allocates a 16MB heap by default and therefore the 
>> address was hopelessly out-of-bounds.
>>
>
> I do not understand why it should dereference the pointer? Do 
> you mean that the bug was that newCTFE dereferenced but it 
> shouldn't or that oldCTFE didn't dereference but it should have?

newCTFE should not dereference that pointer.

However since all other pointers need to be dereferenced, this 
bug came totally out of the blue.