Why does nobody seem to think that `null` is a serious problem in D?

Neia Neutuladh neia at ikeran.org
Thu Nov 22 16:00:03 UTC 2018


On Thu, 22 Nov 2018 15:50:01 +0000, Stefan Koch wrote:
> I'd say the problem here is not just false positives, but false
> negatives!

False negatives are a small problem. The compiler fails to catch some 
errors some of the time, and that's not surprising. False positives are 
highly vexing because it means the compiler rejects valid code, and that 
sometimes requires ugly circumlocutions to make it work.


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