Compiler hints, inlining and syntax consistency
Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>
Ola Fosheim Grøstad" <ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>
Sat Dec 28 03:38:17 PST 2013
I think it would be useful to have a dedicated syntax for symbols
that a naive compiler can ignore, that is, for compiler hints.
I'd consider "@disable" and "pragma" a compiler hint, but not
"@property"
I don't grasp the motivation for the naming of keywords in D. I
think the syntax would be more clear if "@" was reserved for
compiler hints.
Suggestions for compiler-hints that are useful and empowering:
@inline(fuzzylogic-expression){ }
Examples:
@inline some_function(){...}
@inline{
while(...){ ...inline_all_inner_loop_statements... }
}
@inline(0) never-inline-this...
@inline(1) always-inline-this...
@inline(0.5) inline-if-compiled-to-not-conserve-memory-footprint
@warningonuse "some text"
length() @warningonuse "in this class the length-function is
O(n), consider xyz instead"
The "@warningonuse" keyword enables text editors to emit symbols
on the side of the text with helpful warnings about possible
bottlenecks when using libraries.
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