Re: What is the state of scope function parameter?

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at 05:15:33 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
  scope: references in the parameter cannot be escaped
         (e.g. assigned to a global variable). Ignored for
         parameters with no references
However, it doesn't behave that way. For example, my example 
here currently is a lie because there is no compilation error 
with 2.073.2:

If you break the rules, even if the compiler doesn't actually 
catch it, you are still writing illegal code and subject to 
runtime undefined behavior and/or compilation errors in future 
versions.

The compiler DOES use the scope attribute to optimize out heap 
allocations in some cases now, which means if you use in 
improperly you are liable for memory corruption.

So maybe it should say "must not" instead of "cannot" since you 
CAN, it is just broken if you do.