Re: RFC: moving forward with @nogc Phobos

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/30/14, 11:06 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
29-Sep-2014 14:49, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
auto setExtension(MemoryManagementPolicy mmp = gc, R1, R2)(R1 path, R2
ext)
if (...)
{
     static if (mmp == gc) alias S = string;
     else alias S = RCString;
     S result;
     ...
     return result;
}

Incredible code bloat? Boilerplate in each function for the win?
I'm at loss as to how it would make things better.

Sean's idea to make string an alias of the policy takes care of this 
concern. -- Andrei