DIP 1017--Add Bottom Type--Final Review

NaN divide at by.zero
Wed Jan 16 09:55:04 UTC 2019


On Wednesday, 16 January 2019 at 06:43:59 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> On 1/15/2019 8:16 PM, aliak wrote:
>
> It reminds me of when we were coming up with a term for what 
> became "immutable" types. People would say:
>
> Q: what does 'readonly' actually mean?
> A: readonly means immutable
> Q: ok, I get it
>
> Q: what does 'invariant' actually mean?
> A: invariant means immutable
> Q: ok, I get it
>
> Finally we realized we were being clubbed with a Clue-By-4. 
> Just call it "immutable" and voila, haven't had 
> comprehensibility problems with it since.

Yeah shame you skipped that discussion with enum and nothrow.





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