checkedint call removal

Chris Cain via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Fri Aug 1 22:10:29 PDT 2014


On Saturday, 2 August 2014 at 04:47:05 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>
> 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'?

Probably not. Maybe I wasn't rigorous with the first definition. 
That said, as far as the compiler is concerned when asserts are 
taken out, it's reasonable for it to just accept it as a fact 
even if it doesn't prove it as such. Because we're gods and all.


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