RfC for language feature: rvalue struct
FeepingCreature
feepingcreature at gmail.com
Tue Jan 31 07:37:25 UTC 2023
On Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 07:31:58 UTC, FeepingCreature
wrote:
> And this is important because this idiom is inescapable, it
> will always crop up (all over std.algorithm causing compile
> errors for our immutable structs, cough), and in fact I
> increasingly think it's just *good.* It's an inherent part of
> D's C heritage.
Just to give an example, `maxElement` is actually straight up
impossible to implement for every type without either of:
- `rvalue struct replacing `immutable struct`
- const range API (`typeof(this) next()` rather than `void
popFront()`)
- rebindable structs in Phobos (librebindable)
- mandatory tail recursion at every optimization level.
None of which D has.
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