System programming in D (Was: The God Language)

[Sean Kelly]

On Jan 5, 2012, at 1:03 PM, Manu wrote:

> That is the case with overriding a non-virtual function - the compiler will compile it anyway, and most of the time it will work. That's what makes it so eeevil.
> 
> I saw today, or last night, someone suggesting a keyword to make non-virtual override explicit, and error otherwise. Which actually sounded like a really good idea to me, and also addresses this problem.

I think the override keyword fits here, though in reverse.