Jeremie Pelletier Wrote: > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > > Jeremie Pelletier wrote: > >> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > >>> Jeremie Pelletier wrote: > >>>> Yeah I agree now after reading most of this thread, I know that > >>>> these keywords just map to functions. > >>>> > >>>> I've seen a proposal of a global new template somewhere, I don't > >>>> like that since at the global scope there are also structs, arrays > >>>> and whatnot that can be allocated by 'new'. > >>> > >>> Well it's easy to handle all of those with conditional templates. > >>> > >>>> I don't like the static new either since it prevents subclasses from > >>>> overriding their new/delete operations. > >>>> > >>>> What would then be a good way to replace new/delete operators to > >>>> still have them overridable? Isn't that the convenience that first > >>>> got them to be used in the first place? Other than global new/delete > >>>> overrides which is plain silly in D. > >>>> > >>>> I've pretty much found alternatives to all my other points against > >>>> taking out new/delete except for the override feature, find me an > >>>> alternative for that too and I'll be voting for new/delete to be > >>>> runtime function instead of language keywords, cause I can't think > >>>> of anything right now. > >>> > >>> I think you'd find this article interesting: > >>> > >>> http://www.ddj.com/article/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=184405016&dept_url=/java/ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Andrei > >> > >> That was a long read, but a most interesting one! I already was > >> familiar of these design pattens but only used them where new didn't > >> make sense, this article really was an eye opener on that level, > >> thanks a lot! > >> > >> You have my vote to remove new/delete now :) > > > > Someone convinced someone else of something on the Internets. What's > > this world coming to??? > > > > Andrei > > World peace, open-minded societies and money-free economies where love > and sharing has won over fear and competition. > > Maybe not, but I can dream.
Perhaps not in our lifetime, but eventually. What you envision is inevitable. Kudos for not being emotionally attached to your view point. You are ahead of your time. -Craig
