[Issue 9279] [REG2.055/2.063] Static array return value implicitly converted to immutable dynamic array

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9279

--- Comment #8 from Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Kenji Hara from comment #7)
> I'm not sure it should be called "regression". Yes, the two enhancement PRs
> appended the cases of original wrong-code bug, caused by the undetection of
> escaping reference to local data. However the bug exists from the very old
> versions...

Is this about semantics?

IMO a regression is the effect of a change, not the nature of the change itself
(i.e. whether it introduces a bug or merely exposes a latent bug).

You can call it whatever you like, but ultimately the effect is that something
works as expected in version N and then doesn't in version N+1.

If we were to all sit down, discuss, and agree to use different terminology for
different kinds of causes and effects, I could start calling them something
else, though I think that would be a terrible waste of time.

Anyway, I hope my regression notifications on the pull requests aren't too
demotivating. I don't know how I would feel if I received so many regression
notifications. I certainly don't intend to accuse anyone of anything - I would
like to know if a change that I authored or reviewed introduced a regression,
which is why I'm posting the GitHub comments.

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