On Saturday, 20 September 2014 at 16:56:32 UTC, Andrei
Alexandrescu wrote:
On 9/20/14, 8:08 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
On 2014-09-20 16:33, Paulo Pinto wrote:
It requires compiler support, though.
The first thing I asked in this thread was "Are you suggesting
we
implement ARC?" and the answer was "Yes" [1]. So it looks like
Andrei
already wants to implement ARC. My definition of ARC is that
the
compiler inserts the calls to retain/release (or whatever you
call them).
[1]
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/lvhiam$1pno$1...@digitalmars.com#post-lvi0ve:2429il:241:40digitalmars.com
Please don't take me in a court of law. But yes, I am talking
about the compiler inserting calls to increment and decrement
reference counts. -- Andrei
I suggest the compiler insert calls to whatever "lifetime events"
may cause an increment/decrement. Then, the druntime can provide
the implementation.
I believe with these runtime hooks in place platform-specific
optimizations and even alternative memory managers can be
experimented with.
I refer you to an enlightening quote I once found on a raytracing
site that really captures the beauty of software:
"You know you've been raytracing too long when you've been asked
how you did that thing you did by the author of the raytracer you
used to do it."
Just build the capability, and let the community surprise you
with their ingenuity.
Mike
