[Issue 3952] pragma(msg,...) has bugs + alternative idea

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3952



--- Comment #1 from bearophile_hugs at eml.cc 2010-08-06 09:34:59 PDT ---
In D1 there were no template constraints, so to test the template arguments I
used to add some static asserts inside them. So a wrong template argument shows
a error message written by me that explains why the instantiation has failed
(unfortunately those error messages show the line number inside the template).

When a template constraint is composed of some different parts in &&, it's less
easy to understand what condition has failed, so I miss the error messages
written by me. This is an example (that probably I will simplify), there are
four conditions, and for a person that has not written this code, and is just
using Phobos, it's not immediately obvious what part has failed:


auto opBinary(string op, TOther)(TOther other)
  if (op == "~" && is(TOther == struct) &&
      (!__traits(compiles, { void isTuple(U...)(Tuple!U){} isTuple(other); })
||
       distinctFieldNames!(T, TOther.TypesAndStrings)() )) { ...


There is a simple solution. The simple template constraints often don't need
extra error messages, so they can be left as they are now.

Putting one or more error message inside a template constraints turns them into
messy code, so in such cases it's better to move the tests elsewhere, in an
external template/CTFE:

template IsGoodFoo(T) {
    static if (...) {
        enum bool IsGoodFoo = true;
    } else {
        ctputs("this is an error message");
        return false;
    }
}

void foo(T)(T x) if (IsGoodFoo!T) { ...


So the ctputs() is usable for the template constraints error messages too.

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