How to abort compilation

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 13/07/2015 6:36 p.m., tcak wrote:
> To keep the story short (if necessary, I can explain the use-case), if
> there any way to abort compilation with a message. I would use "static
> if" or "version" to check a situation, and "pragma msg" to show a
> message. But I couldn't have found any "proper" way to abort compilation.

static assert.
Like assert only at compile time.

I did suggest early on when I joined for e.g. pragma error but Walter & 
co didn't like it.