[swift-evolution] SE-184 Improved Pointers

[Andrew Trick]

> On Aug 18, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Taylor Swift <kelvin13ma at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Should the immutable buffer pointer types also get deallocate()?

Both UnsafePointer and UnsafeBufferPointer should get deallocate. The Raw API already has those methods.

-Andy

> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 7:55 PM, Andrew Trick <atrick at apple.com <mailto:atrick at apple.com>> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 15, 2017, at 9:47 PM, Taylor Swift via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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>> Implementation is here: https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/11464 <https://github.com/apple/swift/pull/11464>
>> 
>> On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Taylor Swift <kelvin13ma at gmail.com <mailto:kelvin13ma at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> I’ve revised the proposal based on what I learned from trying to implement these changes. I think it’s worth tacking the existing methods that take Sequences at the same time as this actually makes the design a bit simpler.
>> <https://gist.github.com/kelvin13/5edaf43dcd3d6d9ed24f303fc941214c <https://gist.github.com/kelvin13/5edaf43dcd3d6d9ed24f303fc941214c>>
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>> The previous version <https://gist.github.com/kelvin13/1b8ae906be23dff22f7a7c4767f0c907> of this document ignored the generic initialization methods on UnsafeMutableBufferPointer and UnsafeMutableRawBufferPointer, leaving them to be overhauled at a later date, in a separate proposal. Instead, this version of the proposal leverages those existing methods to inform a more compact API design which has less surface area, and is more future-proof since it obviates the need to design and add another (redundant) set of protocol-oriented pointer APIs later.
>> 
>> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Taylor Swift <kelvin13ma at gmail.com <mailto:kelvin13ma at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Since Swift 5 just got opened up for proposals, SE-184 Improved Pointers is ready for community review, and I encourage everyone to look it over and provide feedback. Thank you!
>> <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0184-improved-pointers.md <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0184-improved-pointers.md>>
>> 
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> 
> Would you mind adding a deallocate method to (nonmutable) UnsafePointer/UnsafeBufferPointer to take care of
> [SR-3309](https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-3309 <https://bugs.swift.org/browse/SR-3309>)?
> 
> There’s simply nothing in the memory model that requires mutable memory for deallocation.
> 
> It fits right in with this proposal and hardly seems worth a separate one.
> 
> -Andy
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