Tuple/TypeTuple etc.

[Ali Çehreli]

On 08/16/2013 11:21 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:

 > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:10:28AM -0700, Ali Çehreli wrote:
 >> On 08/16/2013 09:27 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 >>
 >>> The so-called "typetuple" (what dmd calls a "tuple") is a
 >>> compile-time construct that can contain types, aliases, compile-time
 >>> values, etc., that only exist at compile-time.
 >>
 >> They are all symbols, right? And symbols live only at compile time.
 >>
 >> ...
 >>
 >>> "Sequence" is OK, but risks confusion with std.range.sequence. Is
 >>> there a better word for it? Maybe an acronym -- CTS (compile-time
 >>> sequence)?
 >>
 >> SymbolTuple it is! :)
 > [...]
 >
 > +1, I like this!  I still don't like the use of "tuple",

Same here: tuple is confusing. :/

I also thought about SymbolList but then it doesn't go well with random 
accessing its elements.

 > but I think
 > "symbol" makes it abundantly clear what these things are.
 >
 > I vote for SymbolTuple.

Me too! :p

Ali