Binary data-structure serialization

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 06/02/2010 02:04 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:59:20 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 06/01/2010 08:53 PM, bearophile wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>>> Walter and I agreed to let it go, but somehow forgot to
>>>> announce it.
>>>
>>> Are stack-allocated (scoped) classes too gone?
>>
>> De facto no, de jure yes.
>
> I don't really understand this. Are they going to be gone or not?
>
> In any case, can we at least keep them for unsafe D? Stack allocation is
> not easy to do via placement new, the compiler is much better suited for
> it, and stack allocating classes can be a huge performance gain. Until
> we get full escape analysis, scope classes are the only option.

There's no need for a language feature. I am implementing stack 
allocation for classes in library code; I'm just undecided on where to 
put it.

Andrei