Why retain new ?

[Kirk McDonald]

Alex Burton wrote:
> Given that all classes are on the heap, why not replace the syntax :
> CmdLin cl = new CmdLin(argc, argv);
> with
> CmdLin cl(argc,argv);
> saving some typing and repetition.
> 
> Only when casting to base class would you want to do :
> CmdLinBase cl = CmdLin(argc,argv);

You can already say this:

auto cl = new CmdLin(argc, argv);

The syntax you suggest looks too much like the C++ syntax for allocating 
on the stack. Using 'new' is more explicit, and makes it abundantly 
clear where the class is being allocated, and what its lifetime is.

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