On 4/9/12, Manu <turkeyman@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't follow. Can you give an example that shows this insecurity?

I mean escaping references to locals:

ref int xref;
void foo() {
  int x;
  xref = x;
}

or

ref int foo() {
  int x;
  ref int xref = x;
  return xref;
}

I mean a ref would basically be a pointer with some syntax sugar, no?
It would have the same drawbacks as a pointer.