Am Sat, 11 Apr 2015 20:42:52 +0000 schrieb "deadalnix" <deadal...@gmail.com>:
> On Saturday, 11 April 2015 at 18:20:51 UTC, Marco Leise wrote: > > Am Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:04:39 +0000 > > schrieb "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" > > <ola.fosheim.grostad+dl...@gmail.com>: > > > >> On Friday, 10 April 2015 at 10:28:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: > >> > That's what ref counting is about. > >> > >> That would require pervasive ref-counting. > > > > You make is sound like there was an alternative to ref > > counting for resources. Is there? > > Ownership, GC. That doesn't convince me yet. GC is just incorrect to use here. D's GC like any other that is non-deterministic will hold on to many external resources for longer than is feasible. (Unique) ownership on the other hand isn't really what we are looking at here, right? I mean, the DIP talks about what happens when you are dealing with multiple references to the same item. That leaves us with RC, which I think is a good choice. -- Marco
