Tuple/TypeTuple etc.

[captaindet]

On 2013-08-16 13:10, 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! :)
>
> Ali

other posts made the point that it should not have "tuple" in the word at all. so what about just "symbols"? i would be happy to see it as a fully explained and supported language feature. then "symbols" could even be a key word in D and used without "!". it seems that all proposed short syntaxes have issues anyway, and i don't find symbols(int,"string",3,foo) too verbose.


/det