On Thursday, 29 September 2016 at 00:35:47 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
I agree with Steven. Having the 'else' continue on with a scope
that is already closed by } is very weird and unsettling.
Seconded
But it is conditional compilation, and no other way around it
has been proposed, and it has major benefits. (C++'s static if
proposal does not allow this, a decision that I predict they'll
come to regret.)
The C++ static_if will create a new scope? Huge mistake IMO. The
fact that the static if doesn't create a new scope is a trick
that's used a lot in D and Phobos specifically.
Case in point:
https://github.com/dlang/phobos/blob/a5e935370f5de590532bb5d12610c865343f56a9/std/string.d#L5859
Adding more cases of this sort of thing should be approached
with great trepidation, and is not justified if it is only a
minor improvement.
I agree; static if is different because it's a compile time
feature and not a run time feature.
