Idea #1 on integrating RC with GC

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 2/5/14, 4:53 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2014-02-05 22:19:27 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
>
>> I want to make one positive step toward improving memory allocation in
>> the D language.
>
> I know. But I find your proposal confusing.
>
> Perhaps this is just one piece in your master plan where everything will
> make sense once we have all the pieces. But this piece by itself makes
> no sense to me; I have no idea where you're going with it.
>
> Is this the continuation of the old thread where you wanted ideas about
> how to eliminate hidden allocations in buildPath? Doesn't sound like it.

Actually buildPath is a good example because it concatenates strings. It 
should work transparently with RC and GC strings.

Andrei