Componentizing D's garbage collector

[Benjamin Thaut]

Am 14.01.2014 20:08, schrieb Tofu Ninja:
> Why are unions with pointers even allowed in the first place? It seems
> like a really really really bad thing to do. Am I missing some really
> important use case?

Yes, low level programming. D is supposed to be a systems programmin 
glanguage after all. Tagged unions are a often used concept, and 
pointers within these tagged unions are very common. Also its needed for 
compatibility with C.