On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 14:18:21 +0000, JR wrote: > But the compiler has all the pieces of information needed to see it's > wrong, doesn't it?
no, it doesn't. compiler doesn't know about `std.format.format` and it's special abilities. while it is possible to add such checks to the compiler, it will introduce interdependency between compiler and phobos, which is not desirable. writing CTFE `writef` version is possible without template bloat in binary, but it will take more memory in compile time and slows compilation. there were talks about having `writef!"fmt"(args)` in phobos, but nobody took that task yet.
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