awishformore wrote:
Quite frankly, I can't imagine any situation where I would ever want to
use the clear the way you currently intend to implement it, and if
you're unclear, you will probably agree that you don't really see a good
way to implement it as things stand.
Rather than removing delete and implementing a completely useless clear,
I would like to see an improved version of the GC that can correctly
handle delete. Maybe you are approaching the issue from the wrong
perspective.
If it's not easy to decide between two alternatives, choosing a third
that's worse than either is probably not a good idea.
Regarding "correct" handling of delete by the GC - what does that mean?
Once you define that, I'll be glad to put that behavior in clear() :o).
Andrei
