ndslice and RC containers

[Ilya Yaroshenko via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 13:30:28 UTC, ZombineDev wrote:
> On Thursday, 22 September 2016 at 12:38:57 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
>> [...]
>
> ndslice (i.e. Slice(size_t N, Range) ) is a generalization of 
> D's built-in slices (i.e. T[]) to N dimensions. Just like them, 
> it doesn't handle memory ownership - it just provides a view 
> over existing data. Usually, there are two use cases:
> 1) Wrapping an existing array:
>    1.1) You allocate an array however you want (GC, RC, plain 
> malloc)
>         or just use a slice to an array returned from a 
> third-party library
>    1.2) Wrap it via sliced [1]
>    1.3) Use it
>    1.4) Free it:
>    1.4.a) Let the GC reclaim it
>    1.4.b) Let the RC reclaim it
>    1.4.c) Free it manually.
>
> [...]

Thank you ZombineDev, good answer!