Phobos 3 Discussion Notes - 02-01-2024

[Martyn]

On Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at 05:55:04 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 February 2024 at 14:41:27 UTC, Martyn wrote:
>> 
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> Nothing's set in stone yet, but in the proposal I'm working on, 
> there is nothing stopping allocators from being available in 
> BetterC.
>
>> ... Snip
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> In my proposal, when you use a library container (like an 
> array, a hash table, a binary tree, etc.), you can specify what 
> type of allocator you want to use as a template parameter (as 
> in, `Array!(int, GC)`). It will probably default to the GC, but 
> you can just as easily use malloc, or even a custom allocator 
> that you write yourself.
>
> I'm not planning to include a global default allocator. 
> Built-in language features like `new`, dynamic arrays, 
> associative arrays, and delegate contexts will always use the 
> GC, and there will not be an option to change this.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I understand a proposal 
is working on, but your answers above sound very promising. 
Thanks again.