On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:03 AM, grauzone <n...@example.net> wrote: > Wow, it actually works. But I really don't understand why. It seems the > compiler directly passes symbols as tuple arguments, and later dumbs it down > to what it needs (like an alias, a type, ...). > > Makes me think nobody will ever be able to write a separate bug-free DMD > frontend. I'm scared.
Precisely. There is no principle of least surprise in the DMD metaprogramming implementation. There is no consistency. And worst of all, there is no specification.
