DIP 1038--"@mustUse" (formerly "@noDiscard")--Accepted

[Paolo Invernizzi]

On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 15:17:35 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 14:44:40 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
> wrote:
>> On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 13:33:53 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>>>
>>> @mustUse is a user-defined attribute, and the official style 
>>> guide says that names of UDAs should be camelCased:
>>
>> It is kinda confusing to call it a user-defined attribute if 
>> it is recognized by the compiler.
>
> Compiler-recognized UDAs are an established feature of D. See 
> [`core.attribute`][1] for more examples.
>
>> I dislike the camel case as well, and the name is less clear 
>> than "nodiscard" in my opinion.
>
> I suppose you'll have to take that up with Walter, since he's 
> the one who vetoed "nodiscard".
>
> To be honest, though, I can see where he's coming from. When 
> writing DIP 1038, I made a conscious effort to avoid using the 
> term "non-`@nodiscard`", due to the double negative. With a 
> positively-phrased name like `@mustUse`, that problem 
> disappears.
>
> [1]: https://druntime.dpldocs.info/core.attribute.html

@hold (or @held) ? donwannaopenacanofworms ... my last post 
really :-P

(btw, It's a great companion for sumtype! thank you again!)