newCTFE Status August 2019

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Monday, 19 August 2019 at 23:04:23 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/19/2019 7:02 AM, Ethan wrote:
>> Even just a patch to fix array memory handling behind the 
>> scenes would be great.
>
> The memory handling could be fixed if the CTFE's allocated 
> AST's were all allocated from a separate pool, and marked as 
> such. Then, the returned AST from CTFE can be scanned and every 
> marked node replaced. Then, the entire pool can be discarded.
>
> Should be fairly simple to implement.

Replying to this to keep the topic on top!
That's an amazing outcome!

What would be also, IYUO, the expected impact on speed 
performance?

/Paolo