FAQ for newbies who see pure @safe nothrow @nogc

[matovitch via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 10:38:46 UTC, matovitch wrote:
> On Thursday, 29 January 2015 at 10:34:37 UTC, matovitch wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 22:32:55 UTC, Jonathan Marler 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why don't we make all the function attributes keywords?
>>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> As a newbie, I would have asked the reversed question :
>>
>> Why don't we make all the function attributes attributes?
>
> To be clear, what are the avantages of keywords vs attributes ? 
> Why should the most used function attributes be keywords ?

"In theory, the increased consistency is welcome, but the 
increased visual
noise definitely is not.  And if we leave in pure and nothrow 
without @,
then we're going to have code out there doing both, which adds to 
the
confusion, and if we deprecate pure and nothrow without @, then 
we'll be
forced to change pretty much every D program in existence." JM 
Davis

Ok !