example for compile time function execution
Benji Smith
dlanguage at benjismith.net
Sun Apr 29 07:09:49 PDT 2007
Walter Bright wrote:
> I keep racking my brain trying to come up with a short, pithy example of
> CTFE that uses AAs or struct literals. It should be just a few lines,
> and make it clear why CTFE is a great thing. I want to use it in
> presentations.
>
> Any ideas?
I think compile-time syntax checking of SQL strings, for a particular
database engine, would be incredibly useful. Or maybe compile-time regex
syntax checking.
I don't know whether those examples would use AAs or struct literals,
but they'd be damn useful.
--benji
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