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From: sb463ba@l1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de (Georg Bauhaus)
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Subject: Re: Compile time executed functions
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 08:57:16 +0000 (UTC)
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Mats Karlssohn (mats@mida.se) wrote:

: That is I'd like to have the compiler to execute a function for me (at
: compiletime!) and use the return of that function to initialize the
: constant.

If I'v understood this correctly, then a hint given
by Tucker Taft some time ago was, that this could be
done using ASIS. (Would need _some_ work I guess... :-)