enforce()?

[Leandro Lucarella]

Andrei Alexandrescu, el 21 de junio a las 08:02 me escribiste:
> On 06/20/2010 11:08 PM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> >Walter Bright, el 20 de junio a las 19:32 me escribiste:
> >>Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> >>>Why will you assume I'm so dumb that I won't use your
> >>>interface correctly?
> >>
> >>Windows has had major legacy compatibility issues because critical
> >>third party applications misused the APIs.
> >>
> >>People *will* misuse your API, and you will get blamed for it. It's
> >>unfair, but that's how it works.
> >
> >Luckily I haven't used Windows for about 10 years now =)
> >
> >It's really a shame that D will take the stupidity route.
> >
> >PS: I don't know how windows work, but if calling the Windows API is
> >     like going into kernel mode, and you can mess other processes, it
> >     seems reasonable to do check every API call as if it were user
> >     input, but if you're confined to your process, is really stupid.
> 
> Why is it stupid?

Because you're adding unnecessary extra checks, just based on
(Windows?) programmer's stupidity.

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