Motivation for compile time function execution

[Walter Bright]

Robby wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Don has based some runtime reflection code on demangling names.
> 
> Considering that, will it be fair to say that future reflection 
> capabilities will be based off of demangling? Or is there any other 
> ideas up the sleeve about how it's going to be implemented. (trying not 
> to go way off subject, but feeding general curiosity)

It might be, too soon to tell.