try/catch idiom in std.datetime

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/20/13 6:02 PM, Dicebot wrote:
> On Thursday, 21 November 2013 at 01:45:46 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> In this context "objectively worse" means "all reasonable people would
>> say it's worse".
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Which is exactly hidden changing of word meaning to push own opinion
> which disgusts me.

No reason to escalate.

> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/objective
>
> "not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and
> representing facts; not dependent on the mind for existence; actual:"

Yah, and it's a fact that certain coding styles would not be used in 
spite of them being consistent.

> "opinion" pretty much annihilates "objectivity" when used in same sentence.

It does, but this is not about opinions.

> If statistical opinion sounds "objective" enough for you, I may propose
> to start changing laws of Physics by voting. Why would it object if all
> reasonable people say so?

... and the strawman is also uncalled for.


Andrei