Re: Overload using nogc

[Ary Borenszweig via Digitalmars-d]

On 11/21/14, 12:36 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
Has the idea of function overloading via nogc been explored?
void func() @nogc
{
     // logic that does not use GC
}
void func()
{
     // logic that uses GC
}
void main(string[] args) // @nogc
{
     // if main is @nogc, then the @nogc version of func
     // will be called, otherwise, the GC version will be
     func();
}

This could be useful for the standard library to expose different
implementations based on whether or not the application is using the GC.

If you have a version that doesn't use the GC, what's the reason to 
prefer one that uses it?