static if ... static assert pattern

[jwhear]

I noticed that the following pattern appears regularly (example 22.1.4):

static if (someCondition)
    static assert(0, "message");

When the code could be written simply as

static assert(someCondition, "message");

If this is a deliberate style decision, you might consider making a note of it somewhere and informing the reader that static assert takes an expression just like its runtime cousin.

[PhilippeSigaud]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 21:34, Justin whear
<reply+i-2860049-e5ff9b107ee42541fc177e81477796b037de6899-> I noticed
that the following pattern appears regularly (example 22.1.4):

   static if (someCondition)
       static assert(0, "message");

When the code could be written simply as

   static assert(someCondition, "message");

If this is a deliberate style decision, you might consider making a note of it somewhere and informing the reader that static assert takes an expression just like its runtime cousin.

You're right. Most of the time, it's inside a bunch of nested static
if's, but not always. In the particular example you cited, it would be
clearer your way. I'll make it an issue, so as not to forget.

I do speak about static assert in §3.3.4 (bottom of p.18), but I will
add your comment.

[PhilippeSigaud]

Ow, it's becoming a bit too late in here. That's already an issue.