What - precisely - do you mean by "without acquire-release you can't meaningfully share data...

Well, without acquire-release you can't meaningfully share data - it simply doesn't reach...

...There can also be multiple paths of conversions, and loops in those paths. There's...

...conversions when assigning on b
double(this) d; // compiler not allowed to do implicit conversions...

...So does it matter how many implicit conversions need to happen before D stops trying...

...give programmers the option to disable implicit conversions, completely (or if doable, more precisely).

And...

...more or less freely mix via implicit conversions. The main saving grace is the fact...

...match to f(short). The
sequence of conversions is folded into one according to:

    <implicit...

...match to f(short). The sequence of conversions is folded into one according to:

    <implicit...

Yes. More generally, I think implicit sharing of immutable data was a mistake. (All it...