~= call copy ctor?

[Ali Çehreli]

On 07/22/2012 01:46 AM, Namespace wrote:
 > Oh yes, i mean std.typecons, not std.algorithm, my bad.
 >
 > If delete will be deprecated, how can i delete/call dtor of one of my
 > objects manually?

In C++, deleting involves two steps: call the destructor and release the 
memory.

It is different in D: releasing memory should be the responsibility of 
the GC; after all, GC is the one that runs some algorithm that fits its 
needs.

On the other hand, calling the destructor is still acceptable in D 
because it may be important for the programmer to run the contents 
earlier than GC would. clear() does that:

     auto t = new Test(f3);
     // ...
     clear(t);    // <-- Run the destructor

Unfortunately it has a bad name, which is going to be changed.

Ali