• Ilya Yaroshenko (6/6) Jan 29 2014 Hi!
• Jakob Ovrum (5/11) Jan 29 2014 It is assumed that the pointer is not moved to the C heap where
• Ilya Yaroshenko (2/16) Jan 29 2014 Thanks!

"Ilya Yaroshenko" <ilyayaroshenko gmail.com> writes:

Hi!

Why in std.file toStringz used without store a pointer in
function body to prevent GC collection?

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/blob/master/std/file.d

Best Regards,
Ilya

"Jakob Ovrum" <jakobovrum gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 08:27:14 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko 
wrote:
 Hi!

 Why in std.file toStringz used without store a pointer in
 function body to prevent GC collection?

 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/blob/master/std/file.d

 Best Regards,
 Ilya

It is assumed that the pointer is not moved to the C heap where 
the GC can't see it. The stack is the stack; it doesn't matter if 
it's a D or C function, the GC sees it anyway.

"Ilya Yaroshenko" <ilyayaroshenko gmail.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 08:29:42 UTC, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
 On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 08:27:14 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko 
 wrote:
 Hi!

 Why in std.file toStringz used without store a pointer in
 function body to prevent GC collection?

 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/blob/master/std/file.d

 Best Regards,
 Ilya

 It is assumed that the pointer is not moved to the C heap where 
 the GC can't see it. The stack is the stack; it doesn't matter 
 if it's a D or C function, the GC sees it anyway.

Thanks!