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tarruda on Dec 13, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cog: Use Python in your source files to generate p...

In contrast to this, "comptime" is one of Zig's innovations which completely removes the need for preprocessors and code generators without leaving language you're programming in.

battesonb on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

I look over at Zig with envy every time I have to write and, inevitably, look up how to write a Rust macro.

winter_blue on Dec 13, 2023 | [–]

Will Rust ever get Zig-style comptime support? Is that something that’s in the pipeline?

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