DIP69 - Implement scope for escape proof references
Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Thu Dec 4 07:04:25 PST 2014
On 12/4/14 4:24 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP69
>
> Despite its length, this is a fairly simple proposal. It adds the
> missing semantics for the 'scope' storage class in order to make it
> possible to pass a reference to a function without it being possible for
> it to escape.
>
> This, among other things, makes a ref counting type practical. It also
> makes it more practical to use other storage allocation schemes than
> garbage collection.
>
> It does not make scope into a type constructor, nor a general
> type-annotation system.
>
> It does not provide an ownership system, though it would complement one.
"Scope affects:
local variables allocated on the stack"
...
"scope int i; // scope is ignored because integers are not
references and so are not views"
I think I understand what you are trying to say -- the (big S) Scope of
a local variable cannot escape, but it serves no purpose to declare a
local int as (keyword) scope, since it's not going to be assigned any
references.
But it reads contradictory.
-Steve
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