Heap allocation and internal pointers

[monarch_dodra]

On Monday, 20 January 2014 at 12:27:41 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> Quick dlang.org investigation has found this:
>
> http://dlang.org/phobos/std_exception.html#.pointsTo
>
> Note:
> Evaluating pointsTo(x, x) checks whether x has internal 
> pointers. This should only be done as an assertive test, as the 
> language is free to assume objects don't have internal pointers 
> (TDPL 7.1.3.5).
>
> I guess you may want to check mentioned TDPL part ;)

Yeah, I remember the pull that added that comment. As a matter of 
fact, it was I that brought up said part in the original pull.

It basically says "dmd assumes no internal pointers for its move 
semantics" :/