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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Unchecked_Deallocation with tagged types
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:13:25 +0200
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On 2021-04-18 11:09, Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
> On 4/18/21 10:46 AM, Gautier write-only address wrote:
>> Side note: did anyone already suggest a new keyword: unchecked_free 
>> and a special statement:
>>
>>    unchecked_free Some_Pointer;
> 
> For every access variable P, there could exist the attribute procedure
> 
>    P'Free;

I like the idea of attaching it to a variable rather than to type.

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I remember the claim that originally making it a generic procedure with 
an indigestible name was meant as barrier for lazy programmers. Plus 
some considerations regarding garbage collection lurked in the subconscious.

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