newCTFE Status Janurary 2018

[Stefan Koch]

On Sunday, 13 January 2019 at 21:00:28 UTC, JN wrote:
> On Sunday, 13 January 2019 at 14:47:59 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I've just done a small refactoring which I have been putting 
>> off for a while now.
>> It should greatly help with reducing ABI bugs, and it cuts the 
>> dependencies between the DMD-dependent and the independent 
>> parts of newCTFE.
>
> I'm not very familiar with the project, although I've seen the 
> name pop up from time to time. What benefits does it provide? 
> Is it only for DMD or will GDC/LDC make use of it too?

It will benefit all compiler which chose to use the frontend of 
DMD.
That includes GDC and LDC.
It will also benefit the D programming language as a whole in a 
less tangible way, but I don't want to spoil it before Dconf :)

Cheers,
Stefan