Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

[Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Friday, 30 May 2014 at 11:31:18 UTC, safety0ff wrote:
> On Friday, 30 May 2014 at 04:21:18 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>
>> 1. http://he-the-great.livejournal.com/52333.html
>
> Note that in the following code:
>     import core.memory : GC;
>     int* pxprime = cast(int*)GC.malloc(int.sizeof);
>     version(none) assert(pxprime); // possibly zero
>
> GC.malloc currently doesn't initialize the memory if NO_SCAN is 
> specified as attribute.

I expect malloc to not initialize ever, that was the point. 
Initialization can be done with calloc.

> Also, I don't understand why half of your asserts have 
> version(none) (it's distracting.)

I can't guarantee the assert to pass, as the comment mentions it 
is possibly zero, which would cause failure.

> Also note that you're not dereferencing pxprime, I'm not sure 
> if its intentional.

Thanks,  was intending to dereference.

Thank you for feedback.