debug = x overrides command line

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On Friday, 24 October 2014 at 12:45:21 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On 10/23/14 3:31 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 10/23/2014 11:40 AM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
>>> "Steven Schveighoffer"  wrote in message
>>> news:m2avtc$15e3$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> I think there is a problem though. What if you leave your 
>>>> debug in by
>>>> accident? Now your pure code isn't so pure, and you have no 
>>>> idea.
>>>
>>> What if you leave any other form of debug code enabled by 
>>> accident?
>>> The answer
>>> is to use version control, and make a quick pass over changes 
>>> before
>>> you commit.
>>
>> Version control has been successful at eliminating such 
>> mistakes in my
>> experience with github.
>
> On your own 1-person projects, or just with 2+ reviewers for 
> every commit?
>
> In my experience, source control does not stop me from 
> committing debug code by accident.
>
> Seriously, the idea of "just avoid committing mistakes" or 
> "just use x version control system" is not a very palatable 
> answer.

I usually use `git add -p` to review my changes before I commit 
them. But this doesn't prevent anything from slipping through by 
accident from time to time.

Maybe a hook could reject lines that contain `debug\s*=`? Or are 
you thinking about a manual review of every commit before each 
release?