DIP1000: Scoped Pointers (Discussion)

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Two another more nitpicky comments:

1) Deprecation process proposal right now says this:

- remove -scope, issue warning when errors are detected
- replace warnings with deprecation messages

PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF ALL DEAR NEVER EVER DO THIS

Deprecations must always come first. Warnings may or may not follow
later but any deprecation process must mandatory start with deprecation
message, not exceptions and no excuses.

2) Ignoring `scope` for variables with no indirections.

The fact that DMD is extremely accepting when it comes to nonsense
declarations/attributes has been is notable contribution to harming
learning curve. It often tricks new developers into thinking that their
code is checked for something when in fact compiler simply silently
skips extra annotations.

Instead, nonsense application of `scope` to data with no indirections
should be deprecated completely as part of overall deprecation process
for implementing the proposal.

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