• Andrei Alexandrescu (1/1) Jan 03 2016 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15509 is up. Any takers? -- And...
• Rikki Cattermole (10/11) Jan 03 2016 Now I'm worried, this will break a lot of my code.
• Andrei Alexandrescu (9/17) Jan 04 2016 May break if you use the IAllocator type explicitly a lot; you need to

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15509 is up. Any takers? -- Andrei

Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:

On 04/01/16 11:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15509 is up. Any takers? -- Andrei

Now I'm worried, this will break a lot of my code.
I'm just not convinced that RefCounted is the correct tool for this job.

It changes the allocator type. IAllocator is an interface for a reason.
It allows swapping things out without worrying about implementation and 
using templates.

If you go this route, I want a SwappableAllocator implementation like 
SwappableImage[0] is.

[0] 
https://github.com/rikkimax/alphaPhobos/blob/master/source/std/experimental/graphic/image/interfaces.d#L205

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

On 01/03/2016 11:50 PM, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
 On 04/01/16 11:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15509 is up. Any takers? --
 Andrei

 Now I'm worried, this will break a lot of my code.

May break if you use the IAllocator type explicitly a lot; you need to 
change that name.

 I'm just not convinced that RefCounted is the correct tool for this job.

It may not because it gives access to the underlying interface, which 
I'd rather keep encapsulated. I think a hand-defined proxy struct around 
the IAllocator type is the ticket.

 It changes the allocator type. IAllocator is an interface for a reason.
 It allows swapping things out without worrying about implementation and
 using templates.

That won't go away. I guess I need to write the code to fully explain 
what's needed.


Andrei