Do you use D's GC?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 8/3/21 2:21 PM, jfondren wrote:
> On Tuesday, 3 August 2021 at 18:18:48 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> It's no different for length setting:
>>
>> ```d
>> buffer = new int[100];
>> auto buffer2 = buffer;
>> buffer.length = 50;
>> buffer.length = 51; // must reallocate
>> buffer[$-1] = 10;
>> ```
> 
> All of the buffer-stomping "must reallocate" cases are preserved in the 
> rewrite that only assigns buffer.length when the new value is larger. 
> The cases that were omitted, that were a performance drain, were 
> same-length or less-length assignments.
> 

There is not a reallocation on shrinking of length. Or am I 
misunderstanding your statement?

-Steve