@nogc and lazy arguments
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digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Sun Apr 27 06:24:04 PDT 2014
On Sunday, 27 April 2014 at 13:09:39 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Lazy arguments in general allocate, but who is to blame for the
> allocation?
> Isn't the allocation at the calling point?
>
> This code:
>
>
> void foo(lazy int x) @nogc {
> auto r = x(); // Error
> }
> void main() {
> foo(1);
> }
>
>
> Gives:
>
> test.d(2,15): Error: @nogc function 'test.foo' cannot call
> non- at nogc delegate 'x'
>
> Is it right to refuse the @nogc annotation on foo()? I think
> here foo should be allowed to be @nogc, while the main() can't
> be @nogc. What do you think?
>
> Bye,
> bearophile
It happens because attribute inference does not work properly on
generated delegated for lazy argument. I think it is a bug
"lazy int x" is effectively same as "int delegate() x" and @nogc
states that you can only call other @nogc functions and delegates
from something annotated as @nogc.
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