checkedint call removal

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 7/30/2014 2:30 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> Did you read the article?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion_%28computing%29#Disabling_assertions
>
> '[...] disabling assertion checking can mean that a program that would have
> aborted will continue to run. This is sometimes preferable.'
>
> This is not what DMD does in -release where assertions are 'disabled'. It
> follows a diametrally opposite philosophy.

Not at all. The Wikipedia article does not argue that the program will continue 
in a valid state.