static map as a type function
Paul Backus
snarwin at gmail.com
Thu Sep 24 02:42:00 UTC 2020
On Thursday, 24 September 2020 at 02:09:31 UTC, Jackel wrote:
>
> It's basically what D is to C++ template metaprogramming.
>
> Compare the staticMap implementation with a type function
> implementation and it's pretty clear which one is more readable
> and easier to maintain. The current D implementation will also
> create a bunch of template bloat with numerous instantiations
> that aren't actually required.
>
> StaticMap, and many other templates like it also need a
> workaround to reduce the number of instances, otherwise they
> fail. Which isn't as intuitive and not something someone will
> really know to do.
On the other hand, if you can fix recursive template bloat
somehow (tail-call elimination?), you get good performance *and*
nice code. It's the best of both worlds.
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