Review of Andrei's std.benchmark

[Peter Alexander]

On Friday, 21 September 2012 at 19:54:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 9/19/12 4:06 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
>> I don't see why `benchmark` takes (almost) all of its 
>> parameters as
>> template parameters. It looks quite odd, seems unnecessary, 
>> and (if I'm
>> not mistaken) makes certain use cases quite difficult.
>
> That is intentional - indirect calls would add undue overhead 
> to the measurements.

I accept that it adds undue overhead. I just think that the 
function would be more usable with non-template parameters (as 
per my example). I also think the overhead would be negligible.