Proposal: Exceptions and @nogc

[Jack Stouffer via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 5 April 2017 at 09:51:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> Much of Phobos has been redone to not assume/require the GC. A 
> glaring exception (!) is when Exceptions are thrown, which is 
> why we're looking for a solution.

Much, but not most. Dynamic arrays, AAs, closures, and all 
classes are still heavily used in Phobos. More than half of all 
the modules in Phobos rely on GC.

Again: making throwing exceptions @nogc WILL make a small number 
of the overall currently allocating functions @nogc. It will NOT 
make the majority of Phobos @nogc and it doesn't come close to 
the main problem already stated in my other comments.

You're adding in a confusing special case for a small piece of 
the overall whole and missing the forrest for the trees.