Final by default?

[Walter Bright]

On 3/12/2014 9:23 PM, Manu wrote:
> It's not minor, and it's not achievable by other means though.

     class C { final: ... }

does it.


> You and Andrei are the only resistance in this thread so far. Why don't you ask
> 'temperamental client' what their opinion is? Give them a heads up, perhaps
> they'll be more reasonable than you anticipate?

I didn't even know about this client before the breakage. D has a lot of users 
who we don't know about.

> Both myself and Don have stated on behalf of industrial clients that we embrace
> breaking changes that move the language forward, or correct clearly identifiable
> mistakes.

Breaking changes has been a huge barrier to Don's company being able to move 
from D1 to D2. I still support D1 specifically for Don's company.