Should `pragma(inline, expression)` be allowed ?

[Walter Bright]

On 10/15/2020 7:05 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/15/20 9:23 AM, Basile B. wrote:
>> On Thursday, 15 October 2020 at 09:14:05 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, 14 October 2020 at 17:22:40 UTC, Basile B. wrote:
>>>>> version(D_Coverage)
>>>>>     enum do_inline = true;
>>>>> else
>>>>>     enum do_inline = false;
>>>
>>> This has been discussed but Walter is against it if I remember correctly.
>>
>> That's exactly why I ask here be fore opening an issue
> 
> I think this falls in the "gratuitous limitations" category and should be fixed. 
> Any place where a compile-time Boolean fits, a compile-time-computable 
> expression should fit. Same about numbers, strings etc.

I don't remember why I was against it, but it would be worth finding out why 
before going ahead and missing something important.