proposed @noreturn attribute

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 8 July 2017 at 12:18:38 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 7/8/17 7:07 AM, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Saturday, 8 July 2017 at 10:15:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> 
>>> Having an @noreturn attribute will take care of that:
>>>
>>>    @noreturn void ThisFunctionExits();
>> 
>> Why should this be an attribute rather than a pragma?
>
> So it's part of the summary of the function. -- Andrei

But it's additional clutter being added for the benefit of the 
compiler. Additions like this make it hard for those of us 
showing the language to others.