Smart pointers instead of GC?

[Frank Bauer]

On Wednesday, 5 February 2014 at 01:34:59 UTC, Frank Bauer wrote:
>     let a = ~T;
>     let r = ~identity(a);

The equivalent in D for a GC pointer could be:
     a = new T;
     r = new identity(a);

or, while we're at it:

     a2 = newOwn T;
     r2 = newOwn identity(a2);
     a3 = newARC T;
     r3 = newARC identity(a3);

or even:

     a4 = new T;
     r4 = newOwn identity(a4);

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