On 27.04.2011 22:42, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > For non-garbage-collected languages, yes. For GC languages, delete is to be > discouraged (that is what the GC is for).
delete() is 99% of the cases O(1) operation (thanks to free lists), while invocation of GC is O(?) (no one knows how many objects are pending deallocation, and when exactly it will be invoked). I agree that in normal applications (mostly) this is rarely an issue, but there are not normal applications, which I mentioned previously - RT & OS, and some others. Additionally, memory management hooks supported by the compiler are faster than any other solution (templates & co). > Java and C# code do not have much use for delete either What about those coming from C++ and D1 (including D2 up to this point)? But, actually, I am really interested in only one thing... I agree, that some may feel discomfort using delete, but what is the reason to remove it from the language? Probably, I've missed something, but why not to leave it as is for those who need it? /Alexander
