[Issue 796] Asserting a null object reference throws AssertError Failure internal\invariant.d(14) or Access Violation

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http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=796



--- Comment #8 from Stewart Gordon <smjg at iname.com> 2011-03-07 04:17:53 PST ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> Every time I write 
> 
>   assert(object);
> 
> A dagger pierces my heart and I remember I must write
> 
>   assert(object !is null); 
> 
> Could we get this fixed this decade some time?

Indeed.  The intended behaviour (check that object is non-null AND satisfies
its invariants) needs to be built into the compiler, not delegated to the RTL.

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