DIP 1016--ref T accepts r-values--Formal Assessment

Rubn where at is.this
Thu Jan 24 21:53:46 UTC 2019


On Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 09:24:19 UTC, Nicholas Wilson 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 24 January 2019 at 07:18:58 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> Walter and Andrei have declined to accept DIP 1016, "ref T 
>> accepts r-values", on the grounds that it has two fundamental 
>> flaws that would open holes in the language. They are not 
>> opposed to the feature in principle and suggested that a 
>> proposal that closes those holes and covers all the bases will 
>> have a higher chance of getting accepted.
>>
>> You can read a summary of the Formal Assessment at the bottom 
>> of the document:
>>
>> https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/master/DIPs/rejected/DIP1016.md
>
>> void atomicIncrement(ref shared long x);
>> atomicIncrement(myInt);
>
> Raises a good point, not covered by @disable where the intent 
> is to modify it and modifying a temporary is wrong. `out ref` 
> perhaps?

Why isn't it covered by @disable ?


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