Generic memory allocation in D

[Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole]

On 04/03/2024 10:53 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/4/2024 12:06 AM, Dom DiSc wrote:
>> But why does it now return true on failure and false on success?
>> Isn't this exacly the bad re-definition of boolean you advised us not 
>> to use?
> 
> 
> It means I don't have to use ! in:
> 
>      if (foo())
>      {
>          error();
>          return;
>      }

As others have suggested, the truthiness here kinda matters and very 
much goes against the grain of pretty much what everyone does.

It is going to cause readers a problem (and yourself!) in the future.