[Not really OT] Crowdstrike Analysis: It was a NULL pointer from the memory unsafe C++ language.

[bachmeier]

On Monday, 29 July 2024 at 12:28:33 UTC, Dukc wrote:

> I don't see why creative use of `@trusted` is any different. 
> Make no mistake, it's a game that can easily get out of hand 
> and has to be highly discouraged, but it's not "do it once and 
> you can never benefit from @safe".

This is a breaking change. `@trusted` cannot mean both "it's been 
verified" and "it's not been verified" at the same time. Doing 
this with `@trusted` means you have to assume anything with 
`@trusted` hasn't been verified. If there's a desire for an 
alternative syntax to denote "I did this so it would compile" 
then that needs to be added to the language.

It's hard for me to understand how anyone can think it's a good 
idea to say the language needs a new feature so let's change an 
existing feature, break all code ever written using it, and give 
it a definition contrary to the spec. {Insert meme of vehicle 
driving over a cliff.}