DIP 1009 (Add Expression-Based Contract Syntax) Accepted

[Zach Tollen]

On Friday, 6 April 2018 at 12:26:36 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> Congratulations to Zach Tollen and everyone who worked on DIP 
> 1009.

Thanks. People reading the announcement should know that this DIP 
was almost completely the result of a team effort. My original 
draft was subject to significant and valid criticism, and in the 
ensuing forum discussion, the participants collectively revised 
the entire proposal, using an idea by H.S. Teoh. Then, in 
rewriting the DIP, both Mike Parker and Timon Gehr were 
indispensable in meeting the writing standards required for a 
highly technical DIP. If the process permitted giving the latter 
two credit as DIP authors (which it didn't!), I would readily 
have done so without hesitation. Thank you both.

I think we've now given Design-by-Contract a really good chance 
of becoming commonly used in the D wild. Let's see what happens!

- Zach