[dmd-internals] Windows DMD development is now impossible

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/11/13 4:06 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> This is great information. 71000 instantiations of isNarrowString!!
> Definitely need a hash rather than a linear list. I had no idea. You're
> right, though, about figuring out a way to avoid this. isNarrowString is
> nothing more than:
>
> template isNarrowString(T)
> {
> enum isNarrowString = (is(T : const char[]) || is(T : const wchar[])) &&
> !isAggregateType!T;
> }
>
> Makes me wonder why isAggregateType is not 71000 instantiations, too?

Could short-circuiting be the answer?

> Maybe we can avoid generating a mangled name for a template if it is an
> eponymous one that evaluates to a manifest constant? This will save a
> ton of memory.

Awesome. I think it would be fit to have compilation speed and memory 
consumed a focal point of 2.064. What do you all think?


Andrei