Containers

[ikod]

On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 17:21:02 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> I want to start working on a container library. Interestingly 
> enough, I don't think we have what we need on that front.

> Now onto the design:
>  - Value types. It is very easy to turn a value into a 
> reference type, not so much the other way around. reference 
> type also come with a bag of edges cases, like the collection 
> being null vs empty, that cause confusion and problems in 
> practice.

My collections library[1] @safety inherited from the stored data 
types. Any data access methods that returns reference marked with 
'@system', so you can't use it easily in @safe code.

> I have a good idea how to solve all these problems. I have no 
> idea how to solve the type qualifier one. I need help.

You didn't mention iterator stability.

[1] https://github.com/ikod/ikod-containers