On Sunday, 22 July 2018 at 08:53:53 UTC, Manu wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 at 01:00, Johannes Loher via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
- Somebody already mentioned this, but this sections sounds
confusing, please find a better wording: "An example may be
some meta that reflects or receives a function by alias." Also
you seem to be using "meta" as a noun many times. I'm not
totally sure, but I don't think it actually is a noun and for
the least, It is very uncommon as a noun which makes
understanding the corresponding sections much harder. For
example I don't understand what is actually meant by "brittle
meta" in a later section.
I use the term 'meta' (as in meta-programming) to refer to
compile-time constructions.
I don't tend to say "a template", because many problematic
constructions are compositions, and then consider mixin; not
'template's.
I feel like 'meta' is the simplest accepted term for "compile
time
machinery". I'm happy to change my language if it's so
confusing. What
should I write?
Both these terms (CT [construction|machinery]) I find more
descriptive than just “meta”. If you want to use “meta” then I’d
suggest “meta code” to differentiate it from meta data, meta key
or meta proposal (which is this: a proposal on a proposal) :-)
-Bastiaan
