On Monday, 11 November 2013 at 10:19:49 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
On 2013-11-11 11:11, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
For errors I was thinking a new pragma.
pragma(error, "You did x wrong");
This would fire an error and display the text given. Returning
error
code as expected. It is after all in the same league as msg.
It would also remove our current static asserts in our code.
So other words it could be replicated by:
pragma(msg, "You did x wrong");
static assert(0);
Just without the whole failed assert message.
I like the context parameter better. I'm imagine the context
parameter containing a lot of information and functionality to
interact with the compiler. A pragma seems not be general
enough.
I can understand wanting to have a high level version of it in
context. I'm just considering a high reuse language feature that
could back it. Really it should have been added a while ago given
the static assert trick is used a bit.
I do actually like the idea of having the ability to call it on
context with a bunch of extra information given to it for you.
e.g. line number of initiation ext.
