`GC.collect` marked @safe?
It should be. Maybe historical reasons?
One possible (but wrong) reason is that destructors can be
unsafe. But you are correct in that allocation can cause a
collection.
OK, thanks. I've made a pull to add `@safe` for enable, disable,
collect, minimize:
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On 8/2/23 7:40 AM, Nick Treleaven wrote:
Presumably an allocation like `new T` (for a type with a @safe
constructor) can be made anywhere a call to `GC.collect` can be made,
which may trigger a collection. So why isn't `GC.collect` marked @safe?
It should be. Maybe historical reasons?
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