Improving DIP74: functions borrow by default, retain only if needed

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 2/27/15 2:46 PM, Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2015-02-27 21:33:51 +0000, Steven Schveighoffer said:
>
>> I believe autorelease pools are not needed for ARC, but are maintained
>> because much Objective-C code contains MRC, and that protocol needs to
>> be supported.
>
> Exactly.

OK, so at least in theory autorelease pools are not necessary for 
getting ARC to work? -- Andrei