DIP65: Fixing Exception Handling Syntax

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Thu Jul 17 14:07:55 PDT 2014


On Thursday, 17 July 2014 at 21:03:08 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Did you see my response?
>
> I suggested recognizing in the parser:
>
>    ( Identifier )
>
> as a special case, in addition to using 
> Parser::isDeclaration(). Gradually we can turn that special 
> case into a warning, then deprecation.

> turn that special case into .. deprecation

This is exactly the insane proposal referred to. ( Identifier ) , 
contrary to empty catch, is actually useful and widely used.


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