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digitalmars.D - When is the next article in the GC series?

reply Ogi <ogion.art gmail.com> writes:
The GC series[1] on D blog is great, but there’s still one piece 
missing: heap-allocated class instances.

[1] https://dlang.org/blog/the-gc-series/
Jul 02 2020
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 22:03:46 UTC, Ogi wrote:

 The GC series[1] on D blog is great, but there’s still one 
 piece missing: heap-allocated class instances.

 [1] https://dlang.org/blog/the-gc-series/


I held off for a long time because I found the conflation of 
finalization and destruction embarrassing to advertise, but 
leaving it out of the article would have been wrong. Now that 
we've got GC.inFinalizer, I can move forward. It's just a matter 
of making the time for it. I have so many things going on I keep 
putting it off, but it won't be much longer.
Jul 02 2020
next sibling parent reply aberba <karabutaworld gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 July 2020 at 03:39:52 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 22:03:46 UTC, Ogi wrote:

 The GC series[1] on D blog is great, but there’s still one 
 piece missing: heap-allocated class instances.

 [1] https://dlang.org/blog/the-gc-series/


 I held off for a long time because I found the conflation of 
 finalization and destruction embarrassing to advertise, but 
 leaving it out of the article would have been wrong. Now that 
 we've got GC.inFinalizer, I can move forward. It's just a 
 matter of making the time for it. I have so many things going 
 on I keep putting it off, but it won't be much longer.


Sometimes making people aware of the dark side is also important. 
So a blog post should strike a balance between the two...more 
transparency.

But I guess in your you kind of were waiting for the bus 
GC.inFinalizer
Jul 03 2020
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 July 2020 at 09:19:27 UTC, aberba wrote:


 Sometimes making people aware of the dark side is also 
 important. So a blog post should strike a balance between the 
 two...more transparency.


Agreed! If you look through the blog history, you'll find I don't 
shy away from it generally. That said, the purpose of the blog 
has evolved since its inception. As the *official* D blog, it's 
now a major marketing tool, so we do have to be more careful 
about tone than we were in the first year or so before we thought 
of it that way. That wasn't the consideration in this case, 
though. I expected the issue would be resolved sooner or later, 
so I thought it better to wait.


 But I guess in your you kind of were waiting for the bus 
 GC.inFinalizer


Yes. I was hoping more for the separation of finalization and 
destruction. I started a thread about it here a while back and 
have discussed it with others at DConf and via email, and I have 
thought about different approaches for implementing it in the 
hopes of recruiting someone to write a DIP for it (writing DIPs 
is not something I want to do as DIP manager). The `inFinalizer` 
thing gets the job done, though, and without breakage.
Jul 03 2020
parent Dukc <ajieskola gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 July 2020 at 09:52:54 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 in the hopes of recruiting someone to write a DIP for it 
 (writing DIPs is not something I want to do as DIP manager).


On the other hand, I think you could also consider the reverse: 
recruit an alternative DIP manager who will manage the status of 
DIP/DIPs you write.
Jul 03 2020
prev sibling parent Ogi <ogion.art gmail.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 July 2020 at 03:39:52 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 I held off for a long time because I found the conflation of 
 finalization and destruction embarrassing to advertise, but 
 leaving it out of the article would have been wrong. Now that 
 we've got GC.inFinalizer, I can move forward. It's just a 
 matter of making the time for it. I have so many things going 
 on I keep putting it off, but it won't be much longer.


BTW, I’ve translated the series so far into Russian [1].

[1] https://habr.com/post/509316/
Jul 14 2020