On Tuesday, 30 September 2014 at 13:38:43 UTC, Foo wrote:
I hate the fact that this will produce template bloat for each
function/method.
I'm also in favor of "let the user pick", but I would use a
global variable:
----
enum MemoryManagementPolicy { gc, rc, mrc }
immutable
gc = ResourceManagementPolicy.gc,
rc = ResourceManagementPolicy.rc,
mrc = ResourceManagementPolicy.mrc;
auto RMP = gc;
----
and in my code:
----
RMP = rc;
string str = "foo"; // compiler knows -> ref counted
// ...
RMP = gc;
string str2 = "bar"; // normal behaviour restored
----
Of course each method/function in Phobos should use the global
RMP.
