On 28/07/13 18:57, Armin Ronacher wrote:
It would be a different thing if we could build things like
std::shared_ptr<T> and overload all operators and it integrates well
into the rest of the language, but Rust is not built with that in mind.
As I understand it, this is planned[1] as part of the
move-GC-to-the-libraries proposal[2]: that is, provide some traits with
lang-items (like Eq, Add, Drop, etc.) which, for example, give library
pointers the ability to be auto-borrowed to &.
Huon
[1]:
http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1fkhe6/removing_garbage_collection_from_the_rust_language/cab7tv5?context=3
[2]:
http://pcwalton.github.io/blog/2013/06/02/removing-garbage-collection-from-the-rust-language/
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