DIP 1008 Preliminary Review Round 1

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/25/2017 12:30 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/25/17 6:24 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 5/23/2017 3:40 PM, Martin Nowak wrote:
>>> Why does it have to be refcounted? Seems like there is only ever one 
>>> reference to the current exception (the catch variable).
>>
>> Rethrowing the catch variable makes for 2 references.
> 
> Why doesn't the rethrow count as a move? There is no way it can be reused in the 
> scope that rethrows. -- Andrei

It could be - it's just that there's nothing currently in the compiler to 
support the notion of moves. So the destructor will still wind up getting called 
on it.

It's a good idea for a future enhancement, though.