On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Sean Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > == Quote from Andrei Alexandrescu ([email protected])'s article >> Thanks! >> I plan to add more text at the end of the chapter that discusses the >> opportunities of CTFE. Walter revealed to me that CTFE, particularly now >> after it's been improved by leaps and bounds by Don and by Walter >> himself, could obviate a lot of the traditional metaprogramming >> techniques developed for C++. >> One question that bugs me is, where do you draw the line? Say there's a >> metaprogramming problem at hand. How to decide on solving it with CTFE >> vs. solving it with templates? It would be great to have a simple >> guideline that puts in contrast the pluses and minuses of the two >> approaches. > > CTFE is great for working with values while template metaprogramming is > great for working with types. String mixins make CTFE good at working > with types as well, but I wouldn't consider them a novice-level feature.
Throw templates in there. Boom! Goodbye, CTFE. (.stringof and templates do not get along.)
