enforce()?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 06/20/2010 11:08 PM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Walter Bright, el 20 de junio a las 19:32 me escribiste:
>> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>>> Why will you assume I'm so dumb that I won't use your
>>> interface correctly?
>>
>> Windows has had major legacy compatibility issues because critical
>> third party applications misused the APIs.
>>
>> People *will* misuse your API, and you will get blamed for it. It's
>> unfair, but that's how it works.
>
> Luckily I haven't used Windows for about 10 years now =)
>
> It's really a shame that D will take the stupidity route.
>
> PS: I don't know how windows work, but if calling the Windows API is
>      like going into kernel mode, and you can mess other processes, it
>      seems reasonable to do check every API call as if it were user
>      input, but if you're confined to your process, is really stupid.

Why is it stupid?

Andrei