[dmd-internals] Memory Leak

[David Held]

On 11/13/2012 5:53 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>
> On 11/13/2012 5:05 PM, Brad Roberts wrote:
>> There was a question earlier in this thread (which I didn't save but 
>> meant to respond to) about the impact of the addition of the GC. From 
>> what I remember, the full dmd/druntime/phobos build and test cycle 
>> doubled in duration. No one, that I recall, spent any time trying to 
>> diagnose or improve it. Since we were up against a release, the 
>> choice was made to pull it out until someone does have the time to 
>> actually work on it, not just toss in an experiment. 
>> _______________________________________________
>
> I agree. I had actually put it in there with the intent to lay the 
> foundation, so that others had at least a working system they could 
> experiment with.

Is it better to pursue the GC route or the smart pointer route?

Dave