Another idiom I wish were gone from phobos/druntime

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On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 11:05:42 UTC, Paulo  Pinto wrote:
> On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 10:09:34 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>> On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 09:33:12 UTC, Paulo  Pinto 
>> wrote:
>>> So the caller can break the contract without any 
>>> consideration for what values the input arguments are valid?!
>>>
>>> There is a reason why the industry at large has adopted the 
>>> Eiffel way.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it is called cargo cult.
>
> I am out.

Out of the rabbit hole, like Alice in Wonderland?

But you are right, of course. The caller should not be able to 
subvert the contract. Only the build system should control 
contract enforcement (e.g. the integration team, system architect 
etc, not implementors)

The D design process is very much a cargo cult thing...