DIP1000: Scoped Pointers (Discussion)

[Chris Wright via Digitalmars-d]

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 06:36:00 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
> If the method is annotated with scope, the scope applies to the 'this'
> pointer.

Oh god, the attribute explosion is getting worse.

I think at this point the proper way to use attribute-based D features is 
to write your code without them, then write a tool that will add all the 
attributes to your source code that it can while not breaking anything. 
Like now it's sensible to write a method:

public final void foo() scope inout @nogc nothrow @safe pure {}

I think the solution is to turn every function into a no-args template, 
but then you can't use virtual methods.