Possible change to array runtime?

[monarch_dodra]

On Thursday, 13 March 2014 at 15:24:01 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
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> Destroy.
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> -Steve

Please keep in mind that if the objects stored are RAII, then 
if/when we will have a finalizing GC, the stomped elements will 
have been leaked.

Clobbering elements is more than just "I won't use these elements 
anymore", it's "I won't use them, and they are safe to be 
discarded of right now".

In know that's a big "if", but it could happen. If we go the way 
of your proposal, we are definitively closing that door.

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Semi-on topic, it would greatly help if assumeSafeAppend was 
nothrow. As of right now, there are a lot of places in phobos 
where it could be used, but isn't, because of this. In 
particular, assumeSafeAppend can be used to both shrink an array, 
*or* grow an array up-to capacity.

Its greater use in phobos would help give it more visibility and 
exposure.