On 24 April 2013 04:01, Andrei Alexandrescu <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org>wrote:
> On 4/23/13 1:57 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > >> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:33:31 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu >> <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org**> wrote: >> >> Our intent is to make "ref" always scoped and reserve non-scoped uses >>> to pointers. >>> >> >> So no more returning ref? >> > > If we can't return ref, ref has failed. (This is what makes the entire > thing difficult btw.) I think the key that's not in this DIP is that it should also return 'scope ref' to maintain the safety. This brings the proposal in-line with your plans, except the safety is explicit, and the option is available to the programmer. Making 'safe' ref the default is a major breaking change.
