assert semantic change proposal

[Martin Krejcirik via Digitalmars-d]

On 3.8.2014 21:47, David Bregman wrote:
> Walter has proposed a change to D's assert function as follows [1]:
> "The compiler can make use of assert expressions to improve
> optimization, even in -release mode."

Couldn't this new assert behaviour be introduced as a new optimization
switch ? Say -Oassert ? It would be off by default and would work both
in debug and release mode.

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mk