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Re:What Rust Can Do That Other Languages Can't by roca on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:27AM (#13578492)
I looked up Crystal. Crystal "class" objects are heap allocated, so in this example "y" is allocated as a separate heap object to the X. As I outlined in my post, that isn't what I was asking for.
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Re:What Rust Can Do That Other Languages Can't by truantee on Monday February 06, 2017 @09:52AM (#13579889)
well Crystal "struct" objects are stack allocated.
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Re:What Rust Can Do That Other Languages Can't by roca on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:02PM (#13584645)
If y was a struct, you couldn't return a reference to it AFAICT. Just like C# say.
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