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.
More information about the Digitalmars-d-announce
mailing list