non-determinant object lifetime and memory management

[Frustrated]

On Sunday, 1 December 2013 at 02:29:42 UTC, bioinfornatics wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 November 2013 at 08:35:23 UTC, Frustrated wrote:
>> I need to pass around some objects(specifically int[]) that 
>> may be used by several other objects at the same time. While I 
>> could clone these and free them when the parent object is done 
>> this wastes memory for no real reason except ease of use.
>>
>> Since many objects may contain a ptr to the array, what would 
>> be the best way to deal with deallocating them? I could wrap 
>> the array in a collection an use ARC but is there a better way?
>>
>> Is there something in std.allocators that can help?
>>
>> (Should be obvious that I'm trying to avoid the GC)
>
> Why you do not use one of this way:
> - const ref int[]… into function parameter
> - using shared/synchronized and ref to array

It would seem if I am going to use some way it needs to be 
consistent. The first case would require creating []'s outside of 
the function which then doesn't solve the original problem.

I'm not sure how the second case solves anything?