Eliminate "new" for class object creation?

[Lionello Lunesu]

On 20-10-2009 6:38, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I hereby suggest we get rid of new for class object creation. What do
> you guys think?

I don't agree with this one.

There's extra cost involved, and the added keyword makes that clear. 
Also, somebody mentioned using 'new' to allocate structs on the heap; 
I've never actually done that, but it sounds like using 'new' would be 
the perfect way to do just that.

L.