Reference counted containers prototype

[Peter Alexander]

On 27/12/11 1:29 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> We can easily have opDispatch look at field names. But I think it's poor
> design to expose bald data anyway.

I disagree, especially with immutable structs. There's no point wrapping 
immutable data in functions or properties.


>> Also, what about template member functions of the held object?
>>
>> struct Foo
>> {
>> int get(int X)() { return X; }
>> }
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>> RefCounted!Foo f;
>> writeln(f.get!123()); // Doesn't work either
>> }
>
> This is a problem.

I would recommend postponing any major additions to Phobos that use 
opDispatch to forward calls until it has been investigated in full. I am 
not convinced that it can be used seamlessly without some relatively 
large changes to the language.

Another potential problem of the top of my head: what about operator 
overloads on the held object? Just forward from opUnary/opBinary etc.?

What about held objects that overload opAssign?

What if the held object is itself a RefCounted?