bug in compiles?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 4/11/19 2:13 PM, Alex wrote:
> The following code works when I comment out the static if
> 
> //static if (__traits(compiles, __traits(getAttributes, T)))
>     static foreach(a;  __traits(getAttributes, T)) Attributes ~=
> 
> 
> There seems to be absolutely no reason why this code would fail with the 
> static if but pass without it but in the first case I get no attributes 
> because the __traits compiles fails.
> 
> 
> 
> __traits(compiles, __traits(getAttributes, T))
> 
> vs
> 
> __traits(getAttributes, T)
> 
> How could it not compile in the first case and yet work in the foreach?

It should. Do you have a larger example? One that can be played with?

-Steve