Does the garbage collector implementation change between phobos and tango?

[Sean Kelly]

Jason House wrote:
> 
> Paolo Invernizzi wrote:
>> I will be happy just to know if, actually, they are confirmed as bugs 
>> by  Walter!
>> Also 1258, marked critical, has status new...
> 
> 
> I wasn't aware of that issue.  Most of my attempts for help with gdc 
> boiled down to "check out dstress".  Issue 1258 does indicate that 1.015 
> by dmd fixed a GC issue, but I know that gdc 0.23 (the latest) is only 
> at d version 1.007.

1258 is fixed in Tango.  Unused space is cleared upon allocation unless 
GC.BlkAttr.NO_SCAN is set.  This seemed the most reasonable balance of 
performance and safety.


Sean