On Thu, Feb 08, 2024 at 05:44:59AM +1300, Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On 08/02/2024 5:36 AM, Carl Sturtivant wrote: [...] > > ``` > > $ dmd --help | grep allinst > > -allinst generate code for all template instantiations > > ``` > > Unclear exactly how -allinst does this, given type parameters, and > > it will affect all of the many templates I use in source with > > CodepointSet. > > > > Can you shed any light? > > Basically the compiler will by default try to elide templates it > thinks isn't used. > > However it doesn't always get this right, which this flag overrides by > turning it off.
Do we know why the compiler isn't getting it right? Shouldn't we be fixing it instead of just turning off elision completely? T -- Let's call it an accidental feature. -- Larry Wall
