0 cost template instantiation

[Basile B.]

On Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 01:09:47 UTC, Hipreme wrote:
> I have a template function that all it does is given a symbol, 
> it loads a dll for its type + its name:
>
> ```
> void loadSymbol(alias s, string symName = "")()
> {
> 	static if(symName == "")
> 		s = cast(typeof(s))_loadSymbol(_dll, (s.stringof~"\0").ptr);
> 	else
> 		s = cast(typeof(s))_loadSymbol(_dll, (symName~"\0").ptr);
> }
> ```
>
>
> The main problem is that this function is costing 2KB per 
> instantiation, which is something pretty high. Specially if I 
> inline, there is almost no cost when compared to its inline 
> version. Trying to use pragma(inline, true) didn't do anything 
> too.

cant you just use a regular functions ? loading happens at 
runtime right ?