throwing a RangeError in non-release mode

[Simen kjaeraas]

Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote:

> When not in release mode, accessing an out-of-bounds element in an array  
> throws a RangeError.  I would like to do the same thing in dcollections  
> when indexing, but the only tool I know of that enables throwing an  
> error in non-release mode is assert, and that only throws an assert  
> error.
>
> Does anyone know how to throw an arbitrary exception on an error when  
> not in release mode?


Untested code. Also, horrible:

void throwInNonRelease( T = Exception )( lazy bool test, lazy string msg )  
{
   try {
     assert( test );
   } catch ( AssertError ) {
     throw new T( msg );
   }
}

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Simen