"Steven Schveighoffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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I know this has been brought up many times, but I think possibly the
usefulness of this feature has been underestimated, and its cost
overestimated.
I agree.
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3. check for null can easily be removed during release mode, especially if
it translates directly into an assert.
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NullDerefError (or whatever we end up calling it) should probably be a
separate exception class, just like the existing ArrayBoundsError and
SwitchError. These are all things that are omitted when compiling in
release mode.
Stewart.
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