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   title="RESOLVED WONTFIX - GDC prevents backend from removing dead functions"
   href="http://bugzilla.gdcproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161">bug 161</a>
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   href="http://bugzilla.gdcproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161#c2">Comment # 2</a>
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   href="http://bugzilla.gdcproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=161">bug 161</a>
              from <span class="vcard"><a class="email" href="mailto:ibuclaw@gdcproject.org" title="Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org>"> <span class="fn">Iain Buclaw</span></a>
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        <pre>This is the crux of the problem why we do what we do (snipped, shortened, and
with added clarity from std.exception).

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private void bailOut() { assert(false); }

public T enforce(T value)
{
    if (!value)
        bailOut();
    return value;
}
----

When compiling the module, 'private bailOut' is would be seen as unused, and so
considered as a candidate for removal.  However, external modules that
instantiate 'public enforce' would indirectly need bailOut to exist.

I am aware that the spec says that 'private' in D is equivalent to 'static' in
C, but in practice, that it just doesn't work that way.</pre>
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