Escape analysis

[Walter Bright]

Robert Fraser wrote:
> My point wasn't the number of keywords... ("shared" is actually the 
> first keyword introduced that's conflicted with an identifier I've 
> used). My point was the type system is getting incredibly complex. The 
> theory that static typing is the solution to everything is what lead to 
> the beast known as checked exceptions.

The complexity is an issue that concerns me. That's why I suspect that 
if one doesn't use them, the defaults should work.

I wouldn't worry about checked exceptions. *Why* it's a disaster is well 
understood, and the reason isn't because it is complicated or does 
static checking.