Compile time function execution...

[Derek Parnell]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:23:43 -0800, Walter Bright wrote:

> ... is now in DMD 1.006.

I guess its time I came clean and admitted that in spite of this being a
huge technological advancement in the language, I can't see why I'd ever be
needing it.

I mean, when it comes down to it, it just a fancy way of getting the
compiler to calculate/generate literals that can be done by myself anyway,
no? These literals are values that can be determined prior to writing one's
code, right?

This is not a troll posting, so can anyone enlighten me on how this ability
will reduce the cost of maintaining code? I am very open to being educated.

I'm thinking of the funny side this too, when it comes to putting some DbC
validity tests in your code...

   const int x = SomeCompileTimeFunc(1,2,3);
   assert (x == 34.56); // Make sure the function worked.

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Derek
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Melbourne, Australia
"Justice for David Hicks!"
16/02/2007 3:24:40 PM