D Language 2.0

[BCS]

Hello Andrei,

> BCS wrote:
> 
>> Hello Andrei,
>> 
>>> Well if we get into details we'll figure that things must be quite
>>> different for different memory management models. For example Object
>>> in ref-counted mode is not a class anymore, it's a struct. So now
>>> there's going to be two parts in an app: those in which Object is a
>>> class, and those in which Object is a struct. Reconciling those
>>> would be a tall order.
>>> 
>> I think we *are* taking about different things because that argument
>> doesn't hold for the -nogc I'm thinking of, ref counted objects are
>> still GCed objects, allocating them would also be disallows in a
>> module compiled under -nogc.
>> 
> Yah, but say the module is calling a function in another module. Could
> that function allocate stuff? 

Yes.

> Then who's releasing it?

The gc.

> Could that
> function return allocated stuff into the -nogc module?

Yes.

> Then who's
> releasing that guy?

The gc.

The GC is not turned off, it's just not accessable. It's the same case as 
you have right now calling D from C.