Final by default?

[Sarath Kodali]

On Thursday, 13 March 2014 at 05:31:17 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
> Again, this is conflating random breakage with controlled 
> deprecation.
> A clear message with a file:line that says "virtual-by-default 
> is
> deprecated, add 'virtual' _right here_." is not comparable to 
> the behaviour
> of byLine() silently changing from release to release and 
> creating some
> bugs, or std.json breaking unexpectedly with no warning.

Hundreds or thousands of "deprecated" warning messages for every 
D project vs adding "final:" for few classes in few projects. 
Which is better?

- Sarath