...I'm a little confused about how RAII is supported. It seems like it only...

...best default, IMHO [1]), manual management, and RAII.  Throw optional ref counting in to the...

...implicitly.  Then there's the problem with RAII class references.  Consider something like:

char delegate...

...some of the various keywords. (auto-meaning-RAII vs. auto-meaning-type-inference had me...

...for type inference

auto k = Foo(2);          // raii; could be on the stack
auto l...

...a RAII class, like now.

And with the new 'raii' keyword (or equivalent):

raii Y...

...moment, "auto" means RAII. What we need is a keyword for non-RAII storage class...

I agree with you on raii. But I think local would be the optimal
keyword...

Are you kidding? RAII is about as self explanatory as a goat in a tumble...

...classes, i.e. "raii":

raii Foo f = new Foo();

// Type inference
raii g = new Goo...