Apparent problem with GC not collecting on Windows

[1100110]

On 11/28/2012 02:53 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 11/28/2012 11:11 AM, 1100110 wrote:
>  > On 11/28/2012 12:57 PM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>  >> 11/28/2012 10:51 PM, Ali Çehreli пишет:
>  >>> A friend of mine reports that the memory usage of the following
> program
>  >>> grows continuously when compiled with dmd 2.060 and run on Windows
> 7 sp1
>  >>> home premium 64 bit (also on Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]).
>  >>>
>  >>> If you are on Windows, could you please say whether you have the same
>  >>> problem. (I don't have Windows.) The following is how we reproduce:
>  >>
>  >> [snip]
>  >>
>  >>> The program gets terminated by a core.exception.OutOfMemoryError.
> (Same
>  >>> problem with std.stream.BufferedFile.)
>  >>
>  >> Same here on more or less fresh 2.061. About 12 iterations. Win8 x64
>  >> running 32-bit app.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >
>  > Isn't this a known problem with a conservative GC on 32bit? The GC sees
>  > something that *Could* be a reference, and refuses to collect that data.
>
> I think it is more like an integer value looking like a pointer to
> something. I don't see what the GC may be confused with in this case.
>
> I've still created a bug:
>
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=9094
>
> Ali
>

That's what I meant. =P