string <-> null/bool implicit conversion

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On Friday, 21 August 2015 at 20:01:21 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
wrote:
> "This warning almost doesn't break any code!" Yes it flipping 
> does. "It does break some code, but only in certain extremely 
> specialized contexts like memory allocation!" No it's bleeping 
> not. "Many of those warnings are probably actual bugs, you 
> should fix your buggy code!" No, they quacking aren't. I just 
> write code this way, because I find the empty/null distinction 
> obvious and useful. Shocking, I know.

The distinction has its merits, but it shouldn't prevent you from 
seeing how it doesn't quite fit the D slice design.