On Monday, 24 April 2017 at 21:59:34 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
Now with more `@nogc`. Before, this worked fine:
double func(double d) @nogc nothrow { return d * 2; }
The function is `@nogc`, the wrapper function (i.e. the
function that Excel actually calls) is also `@nogc` via the
magic of compile-time reflection. So far, so good. But what if
you want to return a string or an array back to Excel. Oh, oh...
Enter the `@Dispose` UDA:
And Bob's your uncle.
Atila
Very nice.
On reddit here since it's a pretty nice example of how you don't
need to use dark magic to write code in D without depending on
the GC:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/67dogy/writing_excel_addins_in_d_without_using_the/
