@nogc destroy

Adam Ruppe destructionator at gmail.com
Fri Jan 14 23:28:44 UTC 2022


Currently calling .destroy(class_object) fails the @nogc tests. 
This is because the dynamic type of the object is not statically 
known and there's no restriction on child class destructors, so 
it has to assume the worst.

But what if the compiler simply inserted the call to super.dtor 
and all struct_member.dtors at the end of your destructor and did 
the attribute checks on them?

This would give you a chance to declare your more strict 
attributes while keeping everything in place - and any child 
class would no longer be able to loosen what's there. Meaning 
destroy(class_object) when the static type passed to destroy has 
a @nogc ~this, it'd be ok to propagate that up since it knows it 
all works, regardless of what chains get added.

If there is no dtor in a parent, there is no super call in the 
child, meaning it is also unrestricted and you can declare 
whatever you want.

if the dtor is all auto-generated and there is a super dtor, it 
inherits the attributes from super. If it is auto-generated and 
there is no super (meaning it just calls struct member dtors), it 
gets *no* attributes. Just because there's a @nogc struct member 
doesn't mean you should be locked in for child classes; I want it 
explicit if you want to opt into restrictions.

destroy!


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