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reply Chad J <chadjoan __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> writes:
Hi,

It's been a while since I've used CTFE, and I was wondering if it has 
become possible to do something like this:


void ctfeFunc(string arg)
{
	pragma(msg, "arg is "~arg);
}

void main()
{
	ctfeFunc("foo");
}

That specific attempt gives me an error:
test.d(3): Error: variable arg cannot be read at compile time
"arg is " ~ arg

I'm using a git version of dmd that reads as v2.057.  I don't feel like 
upgrading thanks to bug 5278:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5278
and the github situation where dmd, druntime, and phobos (and the docs?) 
all live in different github projects that aren't tracked collectively 
anywhere (last time I messed with it), thus making it sometimes 
frustrating to find buildable commits that will work with each other.

I want some way to print out the state of variables in a function being 
executed at compile time.  Can it be done?
May 12 2012
parent reply Dmitry Olshansky <dmitry.olsh gmail.com> writes:
On 13.05.2012 6:07, Chad J wrote:

 Hi,

 It's been a while since I've used CTFE, and I was wondering if it has
 become possible to do something like this:


 void ctfeFunc(string arg)
 {
 pragma(msg, "arg is "~arg);
 }

 void main()
 {
 ctfeFunc("foo");
 }

 That specific attempt gives me an error:
 test.d(3): Error: variable arg cannot be read at compile time
 "arg is " ~ arg

 I'm using a git version of dmd that reads as v2.057. I don't feel like
 upgrading thanks to bug 5278:
 http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=5278
 and the github situation where dmd, druntime, and phobos (and the docs?)
 all live in different github projects that aren't tracked collectively
 anywhere (last time I messed with it), thus making it sometimes
 frustrating to find buildable commits that will work with each other.

 I want some way to print out the state of variables in a function being
 executed at compile time. Can it be done?



Try pulling this guy (aka __ctfeWrite):
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/692

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky
May 13 2012
parent Chad J <chadjoan __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> writes:
On 05/13/2012 03:32 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:

 On 13.05.2012 6:07, Chad J wrote:




 I want some way to print out the state of variables in a function being
 executed at compile time. Can it be done?



 Try pulling this guy (aka __ctfeWrite):
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dmd/pull/692



Cool, thanks!
May 13 2012