Re: Unchecked_Deallocation vs. delete

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Maciej Sobczak wrote:

> What's the benefit of Unchecked_Deallocation as a generic library
> procedure vs. built-in deallocation operator like delete in C++?
> 
> The disadvantage, as far as I perceive it, is that it breaks the
> symmetry that should be expected with regard to the allocation
> operation. If "new" is built-in, then the deallocation should be built-
> in as well. Making it a generic library procedure just makes more work
> for the programmers for no clear reason.
> 
> What clear reason am I missing?

Yes, Ada was designed to use garbage collected. Only the idea did not work
out as the embedded market does not like garbage collection. As a result
only the Ada compiler targeting Java or .NET are actually garbage
collected.

Now this might change and GNAT might get a collector after all. But that's
just rumors but I for once would love it. There are still those little
memroy blocks passed between tasks in AdaCL which are little dogy.

Martin
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