On Friday, 6 February 2015 at 16:19:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 2/6/15 5:13 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
That doesn't answer my question.
A few years ago, I recall, you were arguing that for functions
which are
or may be exported to a DLL, thus all Phobos functions, it is
impossible
to predict how the functions will be used. Thus, you argued,
the
functions' input has to be validated, even if invalid
parameters can
only be passed to the function as a result of a program bug,
and never
user input.
So, to repeat my question: which one is it? Have you changed
your mind,
or are there exceptions to the rules in the post you quoted?
Could you all please grant me this wish - let's not get into
that vortex again? It renders everyone involved unproductive
for days on end. Thanks. -- Andrei
What is the problem? Sorry if my post sounded confrontational,
but I wasn't going to argue - I just want to understand the
language designers' current position on this topic.
