reddit discussion on article by bearophile

[Jesse Phillips]

On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:59:35 +0100, Somedude wrote:

> Given that D boasts that you can choose to *not* use the GC, shouldn't
> Phobos strive to resort to manual memory management ?
> 
> I supposed this has already been discussed, but just in case I missed
> the discussion, could someone give a link to it ?

I don't know any links off hand, but it has been concluded with a couple 
points.

- When you have small limited memory, then custom containers and 
algorithms would be created for the task at hand.

- When performance is needed, allocating upfront is what's needed.

- The compiler, I believe confirmed by Walter, will have a switch which 
warns/errors when using GC expecting features.

- Phobos can be extended to make manual management easier.

So we just need some people to pick up the last two and create some pull 
requests.