My Kingdom For ...

[Janice Caron]

On 21/02/2008, Bill Baxter <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote:
> I'd vote enthusiastically for issuing a warning, but I don't like the
>  idea of changing behavior just for that one special case.

I'd be inclined to agree, but for the fact that D doesn't have warnings.

So, you could say, second best option, make it a compile error.

    if (c == null) // ERROR

Anyone see any problem with that? Sure, it'd be annoying, but I think
it would a lot /less/ annoying than a crash at run time.