CT usage only in executable

[Simen kjaeraas]

Daniel Murphy <yebblies at nospamgmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry, I don't have D1 installed.  Can you use enum to declare manifest
> constants in D1 or is it a D2 thing?

It's a D2 thing. I believe the D1 way to do it is with static const.

> If the string is left in the executable from
>
> const char[] CT_STRING = "blah blah";
> void main () {}
>
> then I think this is a bug/enhancement for the linker.

Enhancement, I'd say. And yes, DMD does that. It's the reason for
the enum manifest constants in D2.

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Simen