On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 10:33:46 -0700 Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/2014 11:58 PM, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > > maybe enable envvar-control in alphas/betas and disable in releases? > I thought you were opposed to -release builds? i'm opposed to "-release" flag which turns off assertions and range checking, not to the builds which can be titled "official releases". we have official DMD releases, alphas, betas and RCs. it's logical to turn on some experimental features in alphas/betas for people to play, but turn such features off for safety reasons in RC/release. turning off assertions and range checks decreases safety. turning off experimental features and features with very unexpected side effects increases safety. it's ok to make alphas/betas less safe. it's not ok to make RCs/releases less safe.
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