• tcak (5/5) Jul 12 2015 To keep the story short (if necessary, I can explain the
• Rikki Cattermole (5/9) Jul 12 2015 static assert.

"tcak" <1ltkrs+3wyh1ow7kzn1k sharklasers.com> writes:

To keep the story short (if necessary, I can explain the 
use-case), if there any way to abort compilation with a message. 
I would use "static if" or "version" to check a situation, and 
"pragma msg" to show a message. But I couldn't have found any 
"proper" way to abort compilation.

Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:

On 13/07/2015 6:36 p.m., tcak wrote:
 To keep the story short (if necessary, I can explain the use-case), if
 there any way to abort compilation with a message. I would use "static
 if" or "version" to check a situation, and "pragma msg" to show a
 message. But I couldn't have found any "proper" way to abort compilation.

static assert.
Like assert only at compile time.

I did suggest early on when I joined for e.g. pragma error but Walter & 
co didn't like it.