Code evaluation at function definition execution time (was Re: Compile time evaluation (aka eliminating default argument hacks))

[Nick Coghlan]

Nick Coghlan wrote:
> Basically, yeah. Although I later realised I got the name of the feature 
> I want wrong - default arguments are evaluated when the def statement is 
> executed, not when the code is compiled. So it's a matter of being able 
> to execute some code in the functions local namespace at compile time.

D'oh - "definition execution time", not compile time.

Cheers,
Nick.

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