Divide & Conquer divides, but doesn't conquer

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Monday, 25 May 2020 at 16:04:24 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> static foreach is quadratic? Is this a matter of principle, or 
> QoI?

I have a hard time seeing why it HAS to be this way. Regular 
tuple foreach is better in most cases, string mixins are better 
in most cases (if written with appropriate care).

There might be some cases where it is fundamental - I just 
honestly don't know - and it is possible automatically 
differentiating those cases is impossible and/or more trouble 
than it is worth, but I continue to believe our primary problem 
is the implementation right now.

The problem is idk what the fix is. I spent a couple hours 
looking at the code a couple weeks ago and didn't find a 
solution. But that doesn't mean there isn't one.