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| − | + | * AA: [http://dlang.org/hash-map.html Associative Arrays]. | |
| − | + | * AST: Abstract Syntax Trees. Trees resulting from parsing. | |
| − | + | * AST Macros: transformations of an AST. Used while parsing: a macro encodes a transformation from a user-defined syntax to a standard D syntax. [Not implemented in D]. | |
| − | + | * CTFE: Compile-Time Function Execution/Evaluation. The ability, for the D programming language to evaluate a (standard, runtime) function during compilation, yielding a compile-time constant as a result. | |
| − | + | * DSEL : Domain-Specific Embedded Language. A DSL used inside a more general programming language. Also known as an internal DSL. | |
| − | + | * DSL: Domain-Specific Language. A small sub-language dedicated to a particular domain or problem. Examples are regexes, string formatters (%d, %s, ...). | |
| − | + | * ICE: Internal Compiler Error. | |
| − | + | * IFTI: Implicit Function-Template Instantiation. For function templates, the template arguments can be automatically determined by the compiler from the function arguments. For example: | |
| − | + | * NIH: Not Invented Here. Also: NIH Syndrome. When a community starts writing its own tools in its own language, (deliberately) ignoring there are more mature tools available elsewhere. | |
| − | + | * RAII: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Acquisition_Is_Initialization Resource Acquisition is Initialization]. | |
| − | + | * RTTI: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-time_type_information runtime-time type information] | |
| − | + | * SFINAE: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution_failure_is_not_an_error Substitution Failure is not an Error] | |
| − | + | * UDA: User-Defined Attributes. See [http://dlang.org/attribute.html here]. | |
| − | + | * UFCS: Universal Function Call Syntax. Allows foo(a,b) to be written as a.foo(b). This allows free functions to be used as members, and function calls to be chained: [0,1,2].map!(a=>a+).array. | |
See also: [http://dlang.org/glossary.html the Glossary]. | See also: [http://dlang.org/glossary.html the Glossary]. | ||
Revision as of 20:32, 21 January 2013
The D mailing lists, D blogs and IRC discussions commonly use acronyms.
Here is a small list of the usual ones:
- AA: Associative Arrays.
- AST: Abstract Syntax Trees. Trees resulting from parsing.
- AST Macros: transformations of an AST. Used while parsing: a macro encodes a transformation from a user-defined syntax to a standard D syntax. [Not implemented in D].
- CTFE: Compile-Time Function Execution/Evaluation. The ability, for the D programming language to evaluate a (standard, runtime) function during compilation, yielding a compile-time constant as a result.
- DSEL : Domain-Specific Embedded Language. A DSL used inside a more general programming language. Also known as an internal DSL.
- DSL: Domain-Specific Language. A small sub-language dedicated to a particular domain or problem. Examples are regexes, string formatters (%d, %s, ...).
- ICE: Internal Compiler Error.
- IFTI: Implicit Function-Template Instantiation. For function templates, the template arguments can be automatically determined by the compiler from the function arguments. For example:
- NIH: Not Invented Here. Also: NIH Syndrome. When a community starts writing its own tools in its own language, (deliberately) ignoring there are more mature tools available elsewhere.
- UDA: User-Defined Attributes. See here.
- UFCS: Universal Function Call Syntax. Allows foo(a,b) to be written as a.foo(b). This allows free functions to be used as members, and function calls to be chained: [0,1,2].map!(a=>a+).array.
See also: the Glossary.
