On Tuesday, 27 October 2015 at 21:20:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 10/27/2015 04:45 PM, rsw0x wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 October 2015 at 20:41:49 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
On Tuesday, 27 October 2015 at 20:19:42 UTC, PuglyWUgly wrote:
Why care about this?
Even Rust doesn't try to solve this problem...because it
isn't
really a problem in practice.
In c++/rust code you use value/unique types 99.9% of the
time, and
reference counting is only for shared/aliased objects.
Reference counting == rare and unimportant
Really? I've seen tons of C++ code that's written using smart
pointers
with objects living on the heap which then get passed around
all over
the place.
if they're using shared_ptr all over the place, they're doing
it wrong.
shared_ptr is supposed to be a last resort
This is awesomely Kafkian. So we have no problem after all -
just like Go with generics :o). -- Andrei
It has been a great success for Rust, I rarely ever see RC used
anywhere in Rust code thanks to borrowing. The new C++ core
guidelines are also heavily based on this cf. *_view types in GSL.
The problem D has is that RC isn't even implemented at library
level let alone in a state where it's unsafe. IIRC Phobos RC
doesn't even allow classes.
