On Sunday, 17 August 2025 at 15:05:32 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
In D, merely *creating* an out-of-bounds pointer is never UB
The #wontfix list about the gc is labled as ub and is all about pointers(instead of #wontfix and documenting real issues); and this is a fundamental limitation of a gc that scans pointers
Why all`y`alls safetyphiles ignoring me quote`n the spec. Theres no clarity for any pointer tricks that survive contact with the enemy(the gc) so I dont know what I actaully want to know, but its pretty clearly going to be programmertime expensive to try to find any.
