On 16 sep 2011, at 22:03, Don Clugston wrote: > Fundamentally we're doing something which is contradictory (but so > useful in practice that we desperately want to keep it!) I think a > perfect solution is impossible. > > I think we have four feasible solutions: > (1) > static ifs and mixins are expanded in the order they appear in the > file. This is applied recursively until none are left. > Finally, everything else is evaluated in parallel. > (2) > static ifs and mixins are expanded in parallel. This is repeated until > none are left. > Finally, everything else is evaluated in parallel. > (3) > Everything is evaluated in parallel, except for static ifs and mixins. > If no static ifs or mixins, quit. > static ifs and mixins are evaluated & expanded in the order they > appear in the file. Repeat. > (4) > Everything is evaluated in parallel, including static ifs and mixins > (but they aren't expanded). > If no static ifs or mixins, quit. > static ifs and mixins are expanded. Repeat. > > All of these have surprising behaviour in some ways. > -Don. >
So which one of these is preferable? -- /Jacob Carlborg _______________________________________________ dmd-internals mailing list dmd-internals@puremagic.com http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/dmd-internals
