[Issue 14419] [CTFE] Need infinite loop detection?

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14419

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--- Comment #14 from yebblies <yebblies at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Martin Nowak from comment #9)
> If you really think we should fix this, then a time limit for CTFE execution
> might be feasible.

An iteration limit would be better than a time limit, because it will not be
dependent on environmental conditions.  This would need to be configurable from
the command line etc.

The compilation would terminate with a nice stack trace, making it easy to
debug.

(In reply to Jens Bauer from comment #10)
> 1: on dlang.org, there's an on-line compiler. It wouldn't take much effort
> to bring it to the knees.

It's trival to make a D program that will take a very very long time to
compile, even without infinite loops.

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