Memory allocation purity

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

Ola Fosheim Grøstad:

> If the result of a series of pure function calls can be used to 
> flip a coin within a transaction, then those functions cannot 
> be considered pure in any meaningful sense.

A little example of D purity (this compiles):


bool randomBit() pure nothrow @safe {
     return (new int[1].ptr) > (new int[1].ptr);
}
void main() {}


Bye,
bearophile