On Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:17:11 -0800 Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 12/10/2014 10:28 AM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: > > Yeah, the compiler cannot instantiate the template without access to the > > full body. It *could*, though, if we were to store template body IR in > > object files, perhaps under specially-dedicated object file sections. It > > wouldn't prevent reverse-engineering (which is moot anyway when > > templates are involved), but it *would* work as an "opaque" library > > interface file. > > Storing it as body IR accomplishes nothing practical over storing it as > source > file, i.e. .di files. except that there's no need to parse source code over and over again, which is good for other tools (like completion suggesting, intelligent code browsing and so on).
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