d future or plans for d3
Vladimir Panteleev
vladimir at thecybershadow.net
Sun Dec 18 15:55:18 PST 2011
On Sunday, 18 December 2011 at 23:28:16 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
> I'm not sure. I seem to recall discussions with pathological
> cases when large regions of memory were scanned for no good
> reason.
We need to factor the frequency of such cases, and their impact.
Also, a more precise GC isn't the only solution to such problems
- one alternative would be readily-available tools to diagnose
memory problems. For example, Diamond (the toolkit I've written
for D1) can display a graphical memory map with scannable areas
being highlighted. It also allows you to easily find the pointer
chain that prevents your object from being collected.
> I ordered the GC book :o).
A lot of GC research seems to be tied to VMs. D is a bit of an
exception...
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