3 comments

  • CharlieDigital 1 hour ago
    C# meta programming game is strong. Source generators are :chefs_kiss:
  • mfro 1 hour ago
    This seems like the kind of feature that should be built into MSBuild.
    • eterm 1 hour ago
      It's a lot less ergonomic but there are source generators in C# :

      https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-c-source-g...

      That said, for more complex results, you'd typically load a serialization on start.

      I can see the value in this tool, but there must be a fairly limited niche which is too expensive to just have as static and run on start-up and cache, but not so large you'd prefer to just serialize, store and load.

      It also needs to be something that is dynamic at compile time but not at runtime.

      So it's very niche, but it's an interesting take on the concept, and it looks easier to use than the default source generators.

      • piskov 30 minutes ago
        Also t4 templates before that for at least a decade
  • mgaunard 1 hour ago
    So it's like C++ consteval?