Andreas Rossberg (2014-09-10T14:54:38.000Z)
On 10 September 2014 16:52, Mark S. Miller <erights at google.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Erik Arvidsson <erik.arvidsson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I see two options here.
>>
>> 1. Add IteratorClose to all places in the spec where we use iterators.
>
> Why was #1 rejected? I just don't remember.

I don't remember either, but one counter argument will be that it
could be a performance hit. But if we are not willing to take this hit
in our "own" functions then we should better not have this feature at
all.

/Andreas
domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-09-17T22:00:10.405Z)
On 10 September 2014 16:52, Mark S. Miller <erights at google.com> wrote:

> Why was #1 rejected? I just don't remember.

I don't remember either, but one counter argument will be that it
could be a performance hit. But if we are not willing to take this hit
in our "own" functions then we should better not have this feature at
all.