On Thursday, 25 July 2019 at 18:37:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
There's probably at least one bug report on it, but as I understand it, it's not a bug in the sense that the implementation is currently expected to handle such a case. It's an area where betterC should be improved upon, but it would be an enhancement, not a bug fix.
Yes. The point is that libraries have to be written with betterC and compile-time evaluation in mind. If they aren't the code is likely not going to work in those use cases. Much of the code in Phobos was written long before betterC was introduced.
There are probably changes that could be made to Phobos so the OP could get a build, but that requires someone with enough interest in the issue to volunteer their time and talent to improve the implementation for betterC and compile-time use cases.
We have a GSoC student making changes the druntime to help with this matter and I have been picking away at it too. It will take time and could use more contributors.
Mike
