reflection based on my experience so far on compile-time meta-programming in D as a novice user: the problems

[Sebastiaan Koppe]

On Monday, 14 September 2020 at 10:54:07 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> Don't overthink it:
>
> string generate(string typeName)() {
>     return "%s bla;".format(typeName);
> }
>
> void main() {
>     mixin(generate!"int");
>     bla = 5;
> }

The implied restriction was that the generate function takes a 
type as its template argument, and then generates a string 
containing a valid D statement with said type.

But fear not:

----

string generate(string typeName)() {
     return "%s bla;".format(typeName);
}

void bla(T)() {
     mixin(generate!(T.stringof));
     bla = 5;
}