On 07/13/2010 09:45 AM, Francisco Almeida wrote:
I agree, deprecating a fundamental operator like delete should not be taken lightly.
I agree deprecation shouldn't be taken lightly, but delete is not a fundamental operator - it could and should be defined at most as a simple function.
A lot of us prefer to manage the memory manually and do RAII for our own reasons. By all means, add clear(obj) to the language/standard library, but both methods should always be available. There is no valid reason to coerce the rest of us into depending on the garbage collector. If I wanted to program in a language that imposes that on me, I would be programming in Java.
Agreed. What would be a good name for a function that does what delete does? Andrei
