Comptime

Comptime is short for compile-time. Means all of the compile-time actions.

Jule provides compile-time functionalities empowered by language design and the standard std/comptime library that provides a beefed-up experience for compile-time. This library provides functionalities that can be used for various purposes. It is designed for compile-time only; it does not add anything for runtime execution.

Comptime statements do not have runtime equivalents because they are designed specifically for compile-time. Therefore, any compile-time statement that should result in runtime execution will cause a compile error.

Besides the std/comptime package provided to empower the comptime, Jule has the const keyword. This keyword stands for constant and represents constant computations that can be handled at comptime, and it is an important part of the comptime.