What is nothrow for?

[Walter Bright]

Frank Benoit wrote:
> Walter Bright schrieb:
>> Michel Fortin wrote:
>>> I presume "aborts, crashes, or hangs" should also include "asserts". 
>>
>> Yes. An assert is an error that is not recoverable, so there is no 
>> need for stack unwinding.
> 
> Perhaps to get the stack trace?

Sure, but that isn't "recovering" from the error. It's just collecting 
diagnostic information.