mixins as inline functions

[Walter Bright]

Serg Kovrov wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Serg Kovrov wrote:
>>> First time I looked at mixins in D reference, I thought that it could 
>>> be used as inline function. Like a big C macro. But better =)
>>>
>>> It has its own scope, it has access to parent scope, everything seems 
>>> fit. Except that in mixins it is not possible to use assign 
>>> operations. Could this restriction be removed in future? Is there any 
>>> plans for mixins evolution?
>>
>> Why not just use inline functions?
> 
> Er... Because there is no inline functions? =)

All functions are candidates for inlining.


> But if seriously, does virtual methods (accessing 'this') can be inlined?

Functions accessed through the virtual function pointer table cannot be 
inlined. Mixins can't fix that. To access a function directly, rather 
than through virtual dispatch, declare it to be 'final'.