Reggae v0.0.5 super alpha: A build system in D

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On Friday, 3 April 2015 at 17:22:42 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
> On Friday, 3 April 2015 at 17:10:33 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
>> On Friday, 3 April 2015 at 17:03:35 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
>>> . Separate compilation. One file changes, only one file gets 
>>> rebuilt
>>
>> This immediately has caught my eye as huge "no" in the 
>> description. We must ban C style separate compilation, there 
>> is simply no way to move forward otherwise. At the very least 
>> not endorse it in any way.
>
> I understand that. But:
>
> 1. One of D's advantages is fast compilation. I don't think 
> that means we should should compile everything all the time 
> because we can (it's fast anyway!)
> 2. There are measureable differences in compile-time. While 
> working on reggae I got much faster edit-compile-unittest 
> cycles because of separate compilation
> 3. This is valuable feedback. I was wondering what everybody 
> else would think. It could be configureable, your "not endorse 
> it in any way" notwithstanding. I for one would rather have it 
> compile separately
> 4. CTFE and memory consumption can go through the roof 
> (anecdotally anyway, it's never been a problem for me) when 
> compiling everything at once.

See 
http://forum.dlang.org/post/nhaoahnqucqkjgdwtxsa@forum.dlang.org

tl; dr: separate compilation support is necessary, but not at 
single module level.