Regarding hex strings

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, October 19, 2012 05:14:44 Marco Leise wrote:
> Hehe, I assume most of the regulars know this: DMD used to
> use a garbage collector that is disabled.

Yes, but it didn't use it for long, because it made performance worse, and 
Walter didn't have the time to spend fixing it, so it was disabled. Presumably, 
someone will take the time to improve it at some point and then it will be re-
enabled.

> Memory just isn't freed!

That was my understanding, but the last time that I said that, Brad Roberts 
said that it wasn't true, and that we should stop spreading that FUD, so I 
don't know what the exact situation is, but it sounds like if that was true in 
the past, it's not true now. Regardless, it's clear that dmd still uses too 
much memory in many cases, especially when code uses a lot of templates or 
CTFE.

- Jonathan M Davis