[webkit-dev] Stop Using Raw Pointers & References in New Code

[Darin Adler]

> On Jan 12, 2023, at 3:35 PM, Ryosuke Niwa via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2023, at 6:13 AM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Jan 12, 2023, at 12:21 AM, Ryosuke Niwa via webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> assuming every local variable / variable in stack is stored in a smart pointer, function arguments are safe to be raw pointers / references via transitive property
>> 
>> What about the case where the function argument is the return value from another function?
> 
> In those cases, the value should be stored in a local variable using a smart pointer first.
> 
> So… instead of:
> foo(bar());
> 
> do:
> foo(RefPtr { bar() }.get());

This seems impractical. How will I remember to do this?

— Darin