DIP1000: Scoped Pointers (Discussion)

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 8/14/2016 7:42 AM, Dicebot wrote:
> 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.

The difficulty with that is dealing with generic types.