[fpc-pascal] C# stackalloc

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 2 Jun 2018, Ryan Joseph wrote:

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>> On Jun 2, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org> wrote:
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>> 2 remarks:
>> 1. It's only for arrays
>> 2. It's for fixed-length arrays
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>> So you can do this in FPC today.
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>> Thirdly, you have objects which can be allocated on the stack, or advanced
>> records.
>> 
>> Plenty of choice for you.
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> yes indeed. It’s just interesting because “stackalloc” basically swaps the memory backend and there’s a precedent for such a thing happening and in  a very popular language. The hacker in me wants to play around with that idea in FPC to see what emerges.
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> If management operators stick around there’s lots of potential to make advanced records a strong alternative. Best feature added to FPC is a while IMO so hopefully they survive the drama. :)

People have come and went. But the features have always remained. 
They may receive more or less TLC of course.

Personally, I don't understand the obsession with language features.
If anything, I would make the language more simple. 
But this is just me swimming against the current.

Michael.