A few thoughts on std.allocator

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2015-05-11 17:45, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> For now, here's a snapshot of flags that the allocation primitives
> should know about:
>
> enum AllocOptions
> {
>    /// Allocate an array, not an individual object
>    array,
>    /// Allocate a string of characters
>    string,
>    /// Plan to let the GC take care of this object
>    noFree,

I would recommend using a positive name, in this case, "garbageCollected".

>    /// This object will be shared between threads
>    forSharing,
>    /// This object will be moved between threads
>    forThreadTransfer,
>    /// This object will be mutable after initialization
>    mutableTarget,
>    /// The caller is a pure function, so result may be immutable
>    fromPureFunction,
>    /// Object allocated has pointers
>    hasPointers,
>    /// Typical (default) options
>    typical = array | noFree | forSharing | mutableTarget | hasPointers

Shouldn't this be the first enum member, then this will be the default 
value.

> }



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/Jacob Carlborg