[dmd-internals] Giving better static data limits to the GC

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

I see, thanks. Could that or at least the bulk of it be done through a 
reflection mechanism? That would have the compiler generate a modicum of 
info, leaving the library to generate the costly tables.

Andrei

On 08/22/2010 11:11 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> Having a precise collector requires the compiler to emit the tables for it.
>
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I'm thinking - it's been the hallmark of druntime (vs. Phobos1) for
>> the longest time that it has a configurable GC. How about this - let's
>> make the precise GC a custom collector. This would allow us to (a)
>> compare the existing GC with the proposed GC and (b) tune druntime's
>> details with a real-world alternate GC.
>>
>> Is that all possible?
>>
>> Andrei
>>
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