DIP 1028 "Make @safe the Default" is dead

[Paul Backus]

On Friday, 29 May 2020 at 04:53:07 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> The subject says it all.
>
> If you care about memory safety, I recommending adding `safe:` 
> as the first line in all your project modules, and annotate 
> individual functions otherwise as necessary. For modules with C 
> declarations, do as you think best.
>
> For everyone else, carry on as before.

This is sad news. I was excited for @safe-by-default, and had 
hoped that the issue with extern(C) could be solved without 
throwing DIP 1028 away entirely.

I hope that you and Atila do not take the reception of DIP 1028 
as a blow against @safe in general, and that you will continue to 
look for ways to improve the safety of the D language.