[swift-evolution] [Draft] UnsafeRawPointer API

[Dmitri Gribenko]

Hi Andy,

Everything is clear now, thank you!

On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Andrew Trick <atrick at apple.com> wrote:
> Initializing via a typed pointer, in addition to changing the temporal memory state, also imposes a type on the allocated memory for the entire lifetime of the memory itself, from allocation to deallocation.

I see.  Given that UnsafeMutablePoiner.initialize() has this very
important difference in semantics, did you consider reflecting it in
the name?  Something like '.bindTypeAndInitialize()' -- but I'm sure a
better wording is possible.

Dmitri

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