checkedint call removal

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 08/02/2014 06:28 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 08/02/2014 06:11 AM, Chris Cain wrote:
>> ...
>
>> So no, a statement of fact can be verifiable and still false by your
>> quote.
>
> It is possible that this is indeed what it tries to communicate. Thanks
> for bearing with me in any case!
>
> But as I wrote in my previous post, now this brings up the issue that if
> an assertion is a statement of fact, then it is not necessarily true.
>
> Why is it now obvious that it should be considered true?

BTW: I missed something:

On 08/01/2014 11:18 PM, Chris Cain wrote:
> Imagine my surprise when I Google'd "assert definition" to find it meant
> "state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully."

On 08/02/2014 12:03 AM, Chris Cain wrote:
> Assertions are a statement of fact or belief and can be backed up with
> evidence.

Is 'making a statement of fact' really the same as 'stating a fact'?