garbage collection in d
Sean Kelly
sean at invisibleduck.org
Wed Apr 7 22:17:13 PDT 2010
Robert Jacques Wrote:
>
> Via reddit:
> > How does it compare to boehm?
> >> Boehm is a drop in replacement for malloc. Autozone requires changes to
> >> the compiler to emit write barriers, and enforces certain coding
> >> constructs - so it doesn't "just work" and requires some changes to
> >> adopt it. But autozone can be more efficient at collecting as a result.
Yeah, it's the write barriers that are the problem. I can see such a collector working in SafeD, but likely not in D proper.
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