Idea for avoiding GC for lambdas

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 6/22/21 1:57 AM, Ola Fosheim Grostad wrote:
> On Monday, 21 June 2021 at 20:01:27 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> The compiler would see there's a lambda involved, automatically pass 
>> the context parameter `someval` into the function itself, and 
>> everything magically works. It would only be used when a closure would 
>> otherwise be allocated, and the function being called declares the 
>> context parameter.
>>
>> Disclaimer: I am not a language developer.
>>
>> Does this make sense? Is there anything feasible that might be 
>> similar? Would it be more feasible with different syntax?
> 
> You are asking for C++ lambdas? No need for a new type of template 
> parameter.
> 

I was kinda hoping for the compiler to assist in the generation and 
management of the context data since it's already doing it. The 
receiving function just needs a variable to receive and pass the context 
data to the lambda.

-Steve