An exegesis of Walter's reference counted slice

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 2/26/15 8:44 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 2/24/15 3:03 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 2/24/15 11:55 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> Note, you need to GC.addRange all the elements if the type has
>>> references, or else you cannot have GC pointers in the array. For
>>> example, an array of class references could potentially result in those
>>> references being collected before the array is gone.
>>>
>>> Ironically, if those elements are references, but are reference counted
>>> references, then you wouldn't need to addRange. An interesting
>>> problem...
>>
>> Could you please add a detailed issue about this? Thanks. -- Andrei
>>
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by 'this'. As far as I can tell, it isn't a
> bug in GC but a bug in your dpaste code.
>
> -Steve

I'm referring to the "interesting problem" of adding addRange for some 
but not all types. -- Andrei