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

Walter Bright newshound2 at digitalmars.com
Tue Feb 8 01:25:52 UTC 2022


On 2/7/2022 5:10 PM, forkit wrote:
> Suppose I don't want to 'use it'. That should be allowed, as long as I don't 
> discard it. With mustuse, I'm being told I can't discard it, and that i must use 
> it.

Sorry, all those negations made my brain explode.

P.S. English has examples of negation issues, such as:

"I could care less."

which makes no sense at all, until you realize it's just a shortened version of 
"I couldn't care less." The addition or subtraction of the negation does not 
change the meaning, as the brain doesn't do a good job recognizing it.

The phrases "not no-way", and "not no-how" use multiple negations to emphasize, 
rather than negate.



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