Precise GC

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:57:22 +0300, dsimcha <dsimcha at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, is there any talk of any implementation of D  
> getting
> precise GC in the near future?  It seems like when running programs that
> actively use a large fraction of the 32-bit address space, the partially
> conservative nature of D's GC can actually become a significant  
> limitation.
> On the other hand, the long-term solution is 64-bit.  Is precise GC
> technically possible with D, and if so, is there anyone seriously  
> thinking of
> implementing it?

*delurk*
It's not possible without quite a bit of internal redesign, and there are  
still conceptual problems (e.g. stack layout of C library code).
I don't think it's in the plans at all.

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