05-Feb-2014 03:51, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
Consider we add a library slice type called RCSlice!T. It would have the
same primitives as T[] but would use reference counting through and
through. When the last reference count is gone, the buffer underlying
the slice is freed. The underlying allocator will be the GC allocator.
Now, what if someone doesn't care about the whole RC thing and aims at
convenience? There would be a method .toGC that just detaches the slice
and disables the reference counter (e.g. by setting it to uint.max/2 or
whatever).
Then people who want reference counting say
auto x = fun();
How abut just adding a template argument that indicates which container
type to use for internal allocation?
Array!T a = fun!(Array)(); //Ref-counted
T[] a = fun(); //default args - GC
IMHO solves Phobos side of equation.
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Dmitry Olshansky
