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

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Sunday, 6 February 2022 at 19:14:50 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> Let me rephrase: I do not understand why you feel the need to 
> direct these messages at me, personally.

I am sorry if you felt I was addressing you personally. That was 
not intended, maybe bad phrasing on my part. (I tend to send 
email when addressing people personally!  :-)

I am more trying to convey what I see has gone wrong in the 
"modern C++" design department to "the community" in some hope 
that D can do better. But right now it seems like "C++ did this" 
is treated like a validation, rather than a warning. "@mustUse" 
will literally be on every single function that I write that 
returns something… because it is almost always a bug to ignore a 
return value! In summary: This feature deserves a higher priority 
than library status.


> If you have ideas or concerns you wish to present to D's 
> leadership, my advice is to either (a) write a DIP, or (b) get 
> in touch with Mike Parker about attending one of the D Language 
> Foundation's monthly meetings (see the bottom of [his latest 
> meeting summary post][1] for details).

Yes, I am considering a DIP on parametric-aliases at least, where 
I think C++ currently has an edge. Thanks for tipping me about 
those meetings, I didn't know one could apply for participation. 
That might be a possibility in the future, although I think I 
probably should try to find time to participate in those 
beer-meetings first to get a rough idea of what is achievable. No 
point in going to a formal meeting without knowing what the 
terrain is like. :-)