DIP 1038--"@mustUse" (formerly "@noDiscard")--Accepted

forkit forkit at gmail.com
Mon Feb 7 05:12:39 UTC 2022


On Monday, 7 February 2022 at 05:09:23 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Monday, 7 February 2022 at 05:05:27 UTC, forkit wrote:
>> my only concern is the capital U, in @mustUse
>>
>> This seems a little inconsistent with current attributes??
>>
>> e.g:
>>
>> nogc
>> nothrow
>> inout
>>
>> https://dlang.org/spec/attribute.html
>>
>> also, nodiscard would actually seem more logical, given the 
>> above as well.
>>
>> I bet you, people will be thinking nodiscard, but will have to 
>> remember to type, @mustuse, only to have the compiler 
>> complain, that its' actually @mustUse
>
> See my previous replies on this topic:
>
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/xgdwevkxqapljcvyjwtx@forum.dlang.org
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/yxoinjtarkuotnlncyqw@forum.dlang.org

no amount of replies will change anything ;-)

.. people will still 'think' @nodiscard, but have to 'remember' 
it's actually @mustuse, but oops.. no... it's @mustUse..

I do not expect anything from my feedback ;-)  .. I'm just 
saying..humans are humans..



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