Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

[Boris-Barboris]

On Saturday, 25 August 2018 at 20:52:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I.e. a nothrow constructor now must call a throwing destructor. 
> This is not some made up example, it breaks existing code:
>
>   https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/6816
>
> If I fix the bug, I break existing code, and apparently a 
> substantial amount of existing code. What's your advice on how 
> to proceed with this?

Deprecated message and allow it (nothrow and @safe\system checks) 
for a year or two? Guaranteed destructor call is important enough 
to actually bother with this IMO. Nothrow and other attribute 
deduction could also be a temporary option.