On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 3:16 PM, BCS <a...@pathlink.com> wrote:
>
> could this be transitioned to CTFE? you could even have a debug mode that
> delays till runtime
>
> RegEx mather = new CTFERegEx!("some regex");
>
>
> class CTFERegEx(char[] regex) : RegEx
> {
> debug(NoCTFE) static char[] done;
> else static const char[] done = CTFECompile(regex);
>
> public this()
> {
> debug(NoCTFE) if(done == null) done = CTFECompile(regex);
>
> base(done)
> }
> }
For what it's worth the Tango regexes actually have a method to output
a D function that will implement the regex after it's compiled. So
you _could_ precompile the regex into D code and use that.
But seriously, man - if something takes 60 seconds to complete at
_runtime_, making it CTFE would simply make your computer explode.
