Beta 2.078.2

[Timothee Cour]

thanks @aG0aep6G for this PR https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/7841 to fix it.
this should be in point release because:
* ldc2 has correct behavior
* the bug disappears with `-O`
so the argument that ppl would rely on it is moot


On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 6:37 AM, Steven Schveighoffer via
Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 2/2/18 4:29 AM, Seb wrote:
>>
>> On Friday, 2 February 2018 at 08:34:32 UTC, Antonio Corbi wrote:
>
>
>>> Wouldn't it be good to include a fix for errors like produced by int.min
>>> assigned to a variable
>>> (https://forum.dlang.org/post/p4l7kt$80d$1@digitalmars.com) in a point
>>> release like this?
>>
>>
>> No, while I understand that you would like this to be fixed, this change
>> might be disruptive - you never know on what weird behavior people rely.
>> Anything potentially breaking existing code can't be part of a patch
>> release.
>
>
> In some cases, yes, we need to have a deprecation period as people may
> depend on the behavior.
>
> In this case, however, the codegen is simply wrong. It can be fixed
> immediately. I would hazard to guess that nobody is depending on int.min
> being greater than 0.
>
>> Also AFAICT no one has submitted a PR to fix the issue you referenced, so
>> it's a hypothetical question (for now).
>
>
> I would suggest to would-be fixers, just do the correct thing that may be
> less performant, and we can worry about optimizing later (and add a unit
> test of course!). There is nothing worse than a compiler that doesn't emit
> the code you expect it to.
>
> -Steve