On Monday, 14 February 2022 at 22:47:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 2/14/2022 5:15 AM, Paul Backus wrote:
>> Huh? My understanding is that modulo compiler bugs and incorrect use of @trusted, @safe code should be 100% memory safe, even without @live.
>> What adding an ownership/borrowing system does (or should do) is, like DIP 1000, make it possible to do things in @safe code that previously required @system/@trusted--in this case, things like manually freeing memory.
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> Without @live, one cannot be protected against things like double frees.

How? @live is attached to the function and not the type itself, which I never understand why you made that design decision.


-Alex