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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

BCS wrote:
> Reply to Andrei,
> 
>> BCS wrote:
>>
>>> Reply to Andrei,
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> (Background: Walter has kindly allowed ".()" as an alternative to
>>>> the ugly "!()" for template argument specifications.)
>>>>
>>> Just adding more gas to the fire... Please, Oh Please NO!!!
>>>
>>> I think the runtime/compiletime distinction is important, sort of for
>>> the same reason that cast(T) is used (make things stand out, but Re
>>> '!' not as a bad thing).
>>>
>> This has been discussed. Implicit function template instantiation and
>> compile-time function evaluation have been successful partly because
>> they unify the run-time and the compile-time realms.
>>
>> Andrei
>>
> 
> Yes they are good because they unify the implementation of RT&CT but 
> that's not what I'm referring to. What I am liking is the disjunction 
> between the use of them. I want to be able to look at a block of code 
> and see at a glance that it will collapse to nothing in the executable 
> or get put in as code to get executed.

Well I guess it all depends on how hard the glance is and how sharp your 
eye is... :o)

Andrei