On 1/17/18 1:24 PM, Simen Kjærås wrote:
On Wednesday, 17 January 2018 at 16:52:40 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
The charter of comments is to NOT affect code, ever. They can be used
to affect other systems, such as the ddoc generator, ide hints, etc.,
but you can be sure (?) that comments won't change code.
I think this is an important line not to cross.
That's already perfectly possible today:
enum a = import(__FILE__);
static if (a.indexOf("//") > -1) {
fireZeMissiles();
}
Ironically, this doesn't need any comments to trigger :)
Furthermore, I'd ask, if it's possible today, why do we need a __traits
to do it? Having a __traits option for looking at documentation sounds
like a very rare need in the first place to warrant promoting such a
hole in the expectations for comments.
I find this to also be undesirable, and I would flag any code that used
such a technique as unacceptable in code review.
-Steve
