[phobos] Time to get ready for the next release

[Robert Jacques]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:26:51 -0400, Steve Schveighoffer  
<schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Actually, I think you are right.  I wasn't thinking about dmd erroring  
> on a statement that does nothing.  You'd have to assign something to the  
> expression, like:
>
> auto x = s.seconds = 5;
>
> Which still looks like it does something else, but is much less likely  
> to occur.
>
>
> You wouldn't need the parameter to be immutable, because the parameter  
> is a value, making this a strong-pure function.
>
>
> But this is still not an argument against strict properties.

You were making an argument for strict properties, via actual bug reports  
(which I commend you on), and I was making a counter-argument to your  
argument.