On Saturday, 30 October 2021 at 11:59:15 UTC, Steven
Schveighoffer wrote:
It should be documented. There isn't a valid way to remove
these requirements, even if they are currently just an
implementation detail -- code already depends on these
properties.
And D is a GC-based language, especially when using AAs. There
is no reason to introduce undefined behavior for existing usage.
You won't introduce UB by deallocating unreferenced elements,
which a given GC *may* be able to figure out. Therefore I object
to "AAs do not deallocate the key/value pairs ever" part.
Strongly :) Until such time that such a requirement is indeed set
in stone, and not incidental.
