Another idiom I wish were gone from phobos/druntime

[Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 11:43:28 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 11:05:42 UTC, Paulo  Pinto 
> wrote:
>> On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 10:09:34 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 5 February 2015 at 09:33:12 UTC, Paulo  Pinto 
>>> wrote:
>>>> So the caller can break the contract without any 
>>>> consideration for what values the input arguments are valid?!
>>>>
>>>> There is a reason why the industry at large has adopted the 
>>>> Eiffel way.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, it is called cargo cult.
>>
>> I am out.
>
> Out of the rabbit hole, like Alice in Wonderland?
>
> But you are right, of course. The caller should not be able to 
> subvert the contract. Only the build system should control 
> contract enforcement (e.g. the integration team, system 
> architect etc, not implementors)
>
> The D design process is very much a cargo cult thing...

I believe the Eiffel way, just like the industry does, with 
endless tools
and processes that follow and validate DbC.

Since I don't have any use for D at work, besides being a 
language geek, I don't see the point to argue for whatever might 
be the outcome, other than producing noise and being part of the 
problem.

So, I am out of this thread.

--
Paulo