@ctfeonly

[ketmar]

Walter Bright wrote:

> On 12/7/2017 5:30 PM, Manu wrote:
>> I tried this, and was surprised it didn't work:
>> int ctfeOnly(int x)
>> {
>> static assert(__ctfe);
>> return x + 1;
>> }
>
> The error is:
>
> test2.d(3): Error: variable __ctfe cannot be read at compile time
> test2.d(3):        while evaluating: static assert(__ctfe)
>
> because static asserts are evaluated when the function is semantically 
> analyzed, not when it is executed.

still, why `__ctfe` was designed as variable, and not as `enum ctfe = <bool>;`?