On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:43 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/17/12 9:10 AM, Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Pretty much. I'd expect to see:
>>
>> version (linux) {
>> // optimized impl
>> } else version (OSX) {
>> version = UseDefault;
>> } else {
>> static assert(false, "unknown platform");
>> }
>> version (UseDefault) {
>> ...
>> }
>
> Taking this to its logical conclusion means that _all_ code that is currently
> unguarded must be guarded by version (UseDefault).
No need for logical fallacies. My point was that for code where
platform-specific optimizations are performed, construct the code in such a way
that when porting to a new platform, the compiler points at places that bear
investigation.
