SHORT Re: Suggestion: "fix" assert(obj)

[Georg Wrede]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
> 
>> Sure, we can learn to write if(o) and assert(o !is null). 
> 
>> Maybe this discussion should be deferred until nothing big is going on in D.
> 
> Aww.  But we have to keep ourselves entertained *somehow* while Walter 
> is off implementing const.  :-)

:-)

Besides, it's not insurmountable to learn to "use this there and that 
otherwise".

My main problem was that we should strive to keep the language clean and 
consistent. And this was a prime example of frivolously destroying that 
for a truly third rate reason.

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PS, if I ever start seeing code like

   if(o) assert(o);

then I will puke.