On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:37:10PM +0200, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: > On 12/09/13 22:23, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > >You can put the try-catch in a version(assert) block to get around > >that problem, but it is true that it's not exactly ideal. However, > >there really isn't any way around that with a function that takes a > >format string unless you want it to ignore bad arguments. You'd need > >a function like text which just appends all of its arguments together > >in order to get around that problem. > > Well, I have been using text() to generate my assert error messages, > but the trouble is that (at least in 2.063) it's not @safe, pure or > nothrow ... :-(
Even in git HEAD, text() may still throw. So ultimately, you still need assumeWontThrow: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pull/1571 :) T -- Some days you win; most days you lose.