References in D

[Timon Gehr]

On 10/04/2012 01:38 PM, bearophile wrote:
> Timon Gehr:
>
>>> To quote (loosely) Mr. Walter Bright from another discussion: how many
>>> current bugs in dmd are related to default null references?
>>
>> More than zero.
>
> A >0 frequency of bugs caused by something can't be enough to justify a
> language feature. You need a "high enough" frequency :-)
>

A correct program contains no errors of any frequency.

Your claim only holds for errors related to the programmer failing to
create a program that parses as he intended it to.

No program errors are 'caused' by invalid references.

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> Alex Burton:
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