We should deprecate -release

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Saturday, 13 July 2024 at 01:55:16 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> The `-release` flag is equivalent to `-O -boundscheck=safeonly 
> -inline`.
>
> I think we should remove it. If you want no bounds checks, you 
> should have to really want it enough to type that whole 
> monstrosity in. It's trivial to avoid bounds checks by using 
> `.ptr[index]` in `@system` code. In my dub projects, I rewrite 
> the release mode to keep bounds checks for all code, it's that 
> important.
>
> What do you think? Deprecate for 3 versions, then remove.

OK, so after reading all the pushback from Walter, which is 
completely missing the point, let's go around!

Let's remove --release from ldc. That's the only compiler anyone 
cares about to release with. Even dmd ships built with ldc.

https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/4709

-Steve