new annotation or pragma to mark functions that are intended to be only used during compile time

[Paul Backus]

On Thursday, 13 February 2025 at 14:56:42 UTC, Ilya wrote:
> # Proposal
>
> I'm proposing to add a new function annotation (or pragma) to 
> mark functions that should never be executed at run time. I 
> call the annotation `@ctonly` in this proposal, but I'm 
> notoriously bad at naming things, so I'm open to naming 
> suggestions.

In case you weren't aware, this exists in C++, and is called 
[consteval][1].

[1]: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/consteval