Mixin versus c++ preprocessor?

[Tom S]

Tim Burrell wrote:
> Mixins are great, but in no way a replacement for the C preprocessor.  I 
> think it was a big mistake to not include preprocessing as well.

It's not like a preprocessor could not be used separately... It might 
not be standard, D-wise, but most non-trivial software has a complex 
build process.

Preprocessing a single specific file in a project is much lesser a sin 
than including a standard preprocessing stage in the compiler, IMHO.


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