collectNoStack should be axed

Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole richard at cattermole.co.nz
Sun Apr 21 21:58:08 UTC 2024


On 22/04/2024 9:55 AM, Brad Roberts wrote:
> Before github we used dsource.org and subversion:
>      http://dsource.org/projects/druntime/browser
> 
> It looks like the history on github retains that history, which matches 
> with my memory of how we transitioned over.  The history seems to start 
> at about 2008.
> 
> What I'm not seeing is much pre-D2 history.  There's some, but I thought 
> I'd built up a full D1 history, or mostly full -- at least a per-release 
> snapshot.  Did those early release tarball/zips not contain the druntime 
> code maybe?
> 
> On 4/21/2024 1:58 PM, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> Quite an awesome bit of detective work! A fine and most entertaining 
>> read it is. I recommend you include that text in any PR to fix it.
>>
>>  > So maybe, the solution Walter came up with (and I'm just guessing 
>> here), is hey, we are shutting down anyways, just avoid scanning the 
>> main thread stack, and we can satisfy the unwashed masses.
>>
>> If I did write that function, I don't remember doing so, or why I 
>> would. Unfortunately, D1 predates our use of github, so it wouldn't be 
>> easy trying to figure out who wrote that.

The oldest version of D that is in the release archive is 0.5, which has it.

That is from 17/11/2002

So wayyyyy before dsource.


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