When I first read about D&#39;s CTFE capabilities, I imagined a full-fledged computing environment both at compile-time and at run-time. I thought the aim was to provide a language which can compile into its own source code, which in turn can compile into a binary. Right now I understand, that it&#39;s not the case. I certainly have no right to complain, so all I can say is that I had too high hopes. Despite a few broken hopes, D remain the #1 champion among languages.<div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Walter Bright <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:newshound2@digitalmars.com" target="_blank">newshound2@digitalmars.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 11/29/2012 6:40 PM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:<br>
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On 2012-11-29 03:00, Walter Bright wrote:<br>
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An attribute would bring along with it the notion of having some static<br>
constructors care about dependencies and others not. A pragma would be<br>
global to the module.<br>
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Why can&#39;t the attribute be global to the module?<br>
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Because attributes attach to the declarations they enclose. A global attribute would be something else.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Bye,<br>Gor Gyolchanyan.<br>
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