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[Atila Neves]

On Monday, 5 January 2026 at 11:29:19 UTC, Richard (Rikki) Andrew 
Cattermole wrote:
> On 05/01/2026 11:20 PM, Atila Neves wrote:
>> On Monday, 15 December 2025 at 04:20:21 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 14 December 2025 at 20:16:34 UTC, Walter Bright 
>>> wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> @live is an underrated feature, I'm a fan and it's something 
>>> that I occasionally use for its simplicity. Sometimes I toss 
>>> @live, @safe, etc. on functions to see that state of my code 
>>> to see if the compiler can help me refactor library code.
>> 
>> I don't think anyone should be using features like `@live` 
>> themselves and instead the language should provide the 
>> features that allow one to write library solutions like smart 
>> pointers.
>
> @live goes on user functions, it has nothing to do with smart 
> pointers or library code.

Yes, and I'm saying that users shouldn't be allocating with 
malloc/free.