Reddit: why aren't people using D?

[Rainer Deyke]

Sergey Gromov wrote:
> The only thing copy-construction is useful for is implementing move
> semantics, think std::auto_ptr.  Seems like everything else can be done
> in post-blit.

The "linked list" implementation of smart pointers also requires a copy
constructor.  It's (arguably) not a very good design, but it is a valid
design.

> The inability to overload opAssign(typeof(this)) is a blocker for robust
> RAII though.

Yes.


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