Changes to the Tango runtime / GC

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Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> So, is there a way to allocate an uninitialized byte[] that has 
> hasPointer set to false?

I'd say byte[] defaults to hasPointers=false, so you wouldn't
have to do anything special to make it so.
(It is the void[] that usually has hasPtrs=true.)

But, you can init byte[] with hasPtrs=true with:
   byte[] x=cast(byte[])(new void[0x100);
Or you can init a void[] with hasPtrs=false with:
   void[] x=cast(void[])(new byte[0x100);

The difference in the new Tango RT is it makes hasPtrs "sticky".

All these details were in:
   news://news.digitalmars.com:119/feqoqc$30ji$1@digitalmars.com

Regards, Frank