Writing/Creating files at compile-time

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/08/2015 9:48 p.m., ketmar wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:08:43 +1200, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
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>> I think you mean dlopen, dlsym and dlclose. Not full file system access
>> geez.
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> and root privs requirement. just to complement it all.
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>> We are already getting so close to have a full blown CTFE implementation
>> that it isn't funny.
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> i'm starting to think that CTFE was a big mistake. while it's ok in
> languages like Forth and Scheme, it seems to suits c-like languages bad.
> people feels something wrong with it, but can't exactly see what is
> wrong. and the only way to fix it is to drop it.

Nah, I like CTFE a lot.
It's just that.. ugh we can have a full implementation that isn't the 
issue. It's just that we won't be committing to it. So we should 
understand and not try to expand upon it.