On Wednesday, 6 December 2017 at 16:07:41 UTC, A Guy With a
Question wrote:
Does dmd not compile all source code?
It doesn't. I like to build with a few different options to
explicitly test (e.g. build for Windows and Linux and -m32 and
-m64 to ensure those all exercised) and for templates, do a
-unittest that actually runs it - e.g. instantiate Array!int - to
make sure that works and compile with -unittest every so often
too. Might also do a `__traits(compiles` or static assert on it
too.
Others have explained why this is, but this is a simple way to
ensure it compiles at least in some cases to catch typos like
this.
Another worry btw: the opDispatch feature will just say `no such
property` if it fails to compile its innards. A test might also
want to call it explicitly to force error messages.
