GC vs. Manual Memory Management Real World Comparison

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 05-09-2012 14:07, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> Am 05.09.2012 14:00, schrieb Alex Rønne Petersen:
>  >
>> Sure, I just want to point out that it's a problem with the language (GC
>> allocations being very non-obvious) as opposed to the nature of GC.
>>
>
> Thats exactly what I want to cause with this post. More effort should be
> put into the parts of D that currently allocate, but absolutley don't
> have to. Also the statement "You can use D without a GC" is not quite as
> easy as the homepage makes it sound.

Very true. I've often thought we should ship a GC-less druntime in the 
normal distribution.

>
> My favorite hidden allocation so far is:
>
> class A {}
> class B : A{}
>
> A a = new A();
> B b = new B();
>
> if(a == b) //this will allocate
> {
> }

Where's the catch? From looking in druntime, I don't see where the 
allocation could occur.

>
> Kind Regards
> Benjamin Thaut

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