On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 09:50:28AM -0400, Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: [...] > D frequently allows no-op attributes. [...]
I find that to be a bad smell in terms of language design, actually. Either something should be allowed and have a definite effect, or it should not be allowed. Not this murky grey area where you can write something and it seems to be allowed, but doesn't actually have any effect. T -- One reason that few people are aware there are programs running the internet is that they never crash in any significant way: the free software underlying the internet is reliable to the point of invisibility. -- Glyn Moody, from the article "Giving it all away"
