Write file at compile time?

[Inquie via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 3 April 2017 at 19:06:01 UTC, Meta wrote:
> On Sunday, 2 April 2017 at 19:42:52 UTC, Inquie wrote:
>> I would like to write the output of a manifest constant at 
>> compile time to a file instead of console using pragma(msg). 
>> Is this possible?
>
> D does not allow IO at compile time for security reasons.

what if I don't care about security reasons? I'm only needing it 
for developmental purposes.