Re: Design by Contract

> I think reusing syntax for existing operator in completely unrelated context is a big mistake. I keep hearing that, I agree, but adding keywords presents it's own problems. The keywords can always be changed, maybe they can be a voting option even. Cheers Joe On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 6:56 AM, Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > > Please steer clear of using the assert API, and in so doing avoid BC > > concerns with the current assert API. > > The operator can be called something other than "assert", I'm sure the > thesaurus has a lot of possibilities. > > > Please avoid adding a magic method and use the suggested syntax for > > invariant. > > > > class Some { > > require(invariant-expr); > > I think reusing syntax for existing operator in completely unrelated > context is a big mistake. Having code outside of functions is probably > not the best idea too. > > -- > Stas Malyshev > smalyshev@gmail.com >