checkedint call removal

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

Daniel Murphy:

> One murky area is that assert(0) is currently used to mean both 
> 'unreachable' and 'unimplemented'.  It's unclear what the 
> compiler is allowed to do with an assert(0) in release mode.

I'd still like to have a halt() in D, and have assert(0) with the 
same semantics of the other asserts. In many cases when you have 
a different feature it's good to also give it a different name.

Bye,
bearophile