DIP 1002 (TryElseExpression) added to the queue

[Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d]

On 29.09.2016 19:35, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/29/2016 7:32 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> A DIP should stay as far away from this kind of argument as possible.
>> Redundancy
>> of existing features should not be used as precedent and justification
>> for
>> adding another redundant feature.
>
> More generally, a problem with existing feature X is not a justification
> for introducing more instances of the problem.
>
> This line of justification occurs regularly.
>

I posit you often just misunderstand what the argument is: It's more 
like: restriction A prevents B (B is what you think is bad), but it also 
prevents C and D (which are desirable), however, it does not even 
prevent E and F (which are arguably bad). Hence restriction A prevents 
many valid use cases without even effectively preventing "bad" usages.