Re: checkedint call removal

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Here is a link to the original paper where C.A.R. Hoare 
introduces assertions. Yes "assert()" in C is the same. The D 
spec claims to provide C-style assertions. That means it should 
abide to what is described in this paper:

http://sunnyday.mit.edu/16.355/Hoare-CACM-69.pdf
If not, call it something else.