core.intrinsics

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 10/14/2016 08:12 AM, Johan Engelen wrote:
> On Friday, 14 October 2016 at 11:53:55 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>
>> Any of these present in existing implementations?
>
> Perhaps not clear, but my point that the functions should _not do
> anything_ is important: it is trivial to define default implementations
> for the functions, without requiring any compiler support. It's just a
> hint, after all.

I was suggesting we find artifacts that exist and map them in runtime, 
instead of first choosing the name "hints" and then racking our brain on 
what those could be :o). -- Andrei