#8088: Disposable types language extension ----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: schyler | Owner: Type: feature | Status: closed request | Milestone: Priority: normal | Version: Component: | Keywords: Compiler | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Resolution: invalid | Difficulty: Moderate (less than a day) Operating System: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Type of failure: | None/Unknown | Test Case: | Blocking: | ----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Comment (by carter): Just to explain more, while in principal thats a great idea, that has a lot of implications for the garbage collector, and it doesn't address the fact that there might be more than one valid handle! (how does the GC understand equality among handles?! ). Theres a lot of subtleties, though there are probably some good experiments that could be done with the garbage collector to explore this. Basically: this is a research project, not a feature :) -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8088#comment:2 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler