My Reference Safety System (DIP???)

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 1 March 2015 at 23:56:02 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 March 2015 at 14:40:54 UTC, Marc Schütz wrote:
>> I don't think a callee-based solution can work:
>>
>>    class T {
>>        void doSomething() scope;
>>    }
>>    struct S {
>>        RC!T t;
>>    }
>>    void main() {
>>        auto s = S(RC!T()); // `s.t`'s refcount is 1
>>        T t = s.t;          // borrowing from the RC wrapper
>>        foo(s);
>>        t.doSomething();    // oops, `t` is gone
>>    }
>>    void foo(ref S s) {
>>        s.t = RC!T();       // drops the old `s.t`
>>    }
>
> I thought of this, and I disagree. The very fact of assigning 
> to `T t` adds the reference count you need to keep `s.t` from 
> disintegrating. As soon as you borrow, you increment the count.

I'm sure many inc/dec can still be removed.