Is this a bug or illegal code?

2014-05-29 Thread safety0ff via Digitalmars-d-learn
//*** CODE ** mixin(version = foo;); version(foo) { void main(){} } //** END CODE *** If it's illegal in D, what is the reason where is documented? The reason I was considering such a construct is the following: Some C libraries have an associated config.h header that

Re: Is this a bug or illegal code?

2014-05-29 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thu, 29 May 2014 10:45:28 -0400, safety0ff safety0ff@gmail.com wrote: //*** CODE ** mixin(version = foo;); version(foo) { void main(){} } //** END CODE *** If it's illegal in D, what is the reason where is documented? The reason I was considering such a

Re: Is this a bug or illegal code?

2014-05-29 Thread safety0ff via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 29 May 2014 at 15:02:48 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: Even if that is valid code, you are much better off using enums and static if. enum includeSomeFeature = ... static if(includeSomeFeature) { ... } These work much more like #defines, and can be seen outside the module.