DIP1028 - Rationale for accepting as is

[Walter Bright]

On 5/23/2020 11:26 PM, Bruce Carneal wrote:
> I don't believe that you or any other competent programmer greenwashes safety 
> critical code.  Regardless, the safety conscious must review their dependencies 
> whatever default applies.

That's the theory. But we do, for various reasons. I've seen it a lot over the 
years, at all levels of programming ability. It particularly happens when 
someone needs to get the code compiling and running, and the error message is 
perceived as a nuisance getting in the way.

We should be very careful about adding nuisances to the language that make it 
easier to greenwash than to do the job correctly.