On 9 April 2012 03:46, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/9/12, Manu <turkey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > (...why can't you use 'ref' in regular declarations? I frequently find > > myself wanting to use ref locally for this exact reason.) > > I think the reason for this was because references are supposed to be > hidden from the user. > > But if you look it from a safety angle you can escape a reference to a > local variable (ends up being garbage after function exit), but you > can't escape an alias declaration (I think so anywho). > ... O_o I don't follow. Can you give an example that shows this insecurity?
