On 21/10/2010 12:54, Iain Buclaw wrote:
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@noreturn
What are you taking to be the semantics of '@'?
void fatal()
{
print("Error");
exit(1);
}
The 'noreturn' keyword would tell the compiler that 'fatal' cannot return, and
can then optimise without regard to what would happen if 'fatal' ever did
return. This should also allow fatal to be used instead of a return or assert
statement.
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You'd normally use an exception for this, not an exit or assert. Or
have you a use case for forcing that no catching or cleanup will take place?
Stewart.
