DIP74: Reference Counted Class Objects

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 2/27/15 7:52 AM, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Can I call opAddRef/opRelease from within the postblit/destructor
> manually and expect the compiler to elide calls correctly?
> That doesn't seem foolproof though, and you also said manual calls are
> not @safe. Why not specify a call sequence?

Ah, I think you mean structs that have a class member? The compiler will 
insert opAddRef and opRelease appropriately:

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* struct, class, and closure types that have RCO members accommodate 
calls to opRelease during their destruction.
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Andrei