assert and enforce both compiled out with -release

[kdevel]

On Saturday, 27 January 2018 at 14:51:23 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 01/27/2018 06:36 AM, kdevel wrote:
>> On Saturday, 27 January 2018 at 14:31:13 UTC, Ali Çehreli 
>> wrote:
>>> > But assert is also ignored in release mode:
>>>
>>> The documentation is not clear. "they will be compiled out" 
>>> means "contracts are compiled out". So, an enforce() would 
>>> disappear if it's inside such a block, which should not be 
>>> what the programmer wants for an enforce().
>> 
>> The documentation was clear as glass (but wrong): "Use assert 
>> in contracts."
>> 
>>> Fixed it through the "Improve this page" link on that Phobos 
>>> page:
>>>
>>>   https://github.com/dlang/phobos/blob/master/std/exception.d
>> 
>> "Use $(D assert) in contracts." is still in there.
>
> What's wrong with that? What documentation is trying to say is 
> "do not use enforce in contracts; use assert in contracts" and 
> that's exactly the idea.

I can't see a problem which would be solved by following this 
advice. It distracts the reader (me) from gettin his (my) work 
done. If I compile not for release both, enforce and assert, are 
in effect. If I compile for release both, enforce and assert, are 
disabled. So by replacing enforce with assert I gain nothing.