DIP 1028 "Make @safe the Default" is dead

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Friday, 29 May 2020 at 21:18:13 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> The idea is the simple, general rule that:

There's already exceptions to that.

public public void foo() {}

is an error, whereas

public:
   public void foo() {}

is not.

> Having a simple, general rule with maybe a less favorable 
> effect here and there is preferable to a complex set of special 
> cases that try to do the optimal thing in each case.

Often many things can be a simple, general rule based on how you 
word it.

Let's say "attribute: changes the default attribute set of 
non-inferred subsequent declarations. attribute{} changes the 
default attribute set of non-inferred child declarations."

That is simple and covers the cases sensibly. Big step up from 
where we are today.