RFC: Change what assert does on error

[kdevel]

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025 at 16:54:54 UTC, monkyyy wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 July 2025 at 16:51:40 UTC, kdevel wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 2 July 2025 at 08:11:44 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 6/30/2025 2:18 PM, Sebastiaan Koppe wrote:
>>>> Just know that the idea of exiting directly when something 
>>>> asserts on the pretense that continueing makes things worse 
>>>> breaks down in multi-threaded programs.
>>>
>>> An assert tripping means that you've got a bug in the 
>>> program, and the program has entered an unanticipated, 
>>> unknown state.
>>
>> This program
>>
>>    void main ()
>>    {
>>       assert (false);
>>    }
>>
>> is a valid D program which is free of bugs and without any
>> "unanticipated, unknown" state.
>>
>> Do you agree?
>
> Nah, clearly this wouldnt pass boeings standards

In release mode it does.