Comment by lvl5hm
2 years ago
> Is there garbage collection?
March 2019
> No. V's memory management is similar to Rust but much easier to use. More information about it will be posted in the near future.
May 2019
> No. V manages memory at compilation time (like Rust). Right now only basic cases are handled. For others, manual memory management is required for now. The right approach to solve this will be figured out in the near future.
April 2020
> No. V manages memory at compilation, like Rust: vlang.io/docs#memory
August 2023
> You can look up vlang.io on web archive and see that it never said GC-less autofree
Nowhere in your quotes does it say GC-less autofree.
"The right approach to solve this will be figured out in the near future."
And it was figured out, and we now have what we have. It's described on the home page in detail. 4 ways to handle memory.
Why another new account?