compiler support added for precise GC

[Walter Bright]

On 4/16/2012 11:42 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2012-04-16 18:53, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 4/16/2012 9:40 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>>> Regardless of how the runtime reflection is generated, by a library or
>>> the
>>> compiler, it needs to be available to all types.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> (I can see the point for a dynamic language, but not a static one.)
>
> The standard example that comes back is serialization. That can be done without
> support for runtime reflection but not as good as with the support. As far as I
> know it's impossible to serialize through a base class reference without
> registering the subtype with the serializer, if runtime reflection isn't available.
>

Serialization does NOT need to deal with all types, only the types that are to 
be serialized.