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digitalmars.D - Precise GC

reply dsimcha <dsimcha yahoo.com> writes:
Just out of curiosity, is there any talk of any implementation of D getting
precise GC in the near future?  It seems like when running programs that
actively use a large fraction of the 32-bit address space, the partially
conservative nature of D's GC can actually become a significant limitation.
On the other hand, the long-term solution is 64-bit.  Is precise GC
technically possible with D, and if so, is there anyone seriously thinking of
implementing it?
Aug 04 2008
next sibling parent "Vladimir Panteleev" <thecybershadow gmail.com> writes:
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:57:22 +0300, dsimcha <dsimcha yahoo.com> wrote:


 Just out of curiosity, is there any talk of any implementation of D  
 getting
 precise GC in the near future?  It seems like when running programs that
 actively use a large fraction of the 32-bit address space, the partially
 conservative nature of D's GC can actually become a significant  
 limitation.
 On the other hand, the long-term solution is 64-bit.  Is precise GC
 technically possible with D, and if so, is there anyone seriously  
 thinking of
 implementing it?



*delurk*
It's not possible without quite a bit of internal redesign, and there are  
still conceptual problems (e.g. stack layout of C library code).
I don't think it's in the plans at all.

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  Vladimir                          mailto:thecybershadow gmail.com
Aug 05 2008
prev sibling parent Leandro Lucarella <llucax gmail.com> writes:
dsimcha, el  5 de agosto a las 03:57 me escribiste:

 Just out of curiosity, is there any talk of any implementation of D getting
 precise GC in the near future?  It seems like when running programs that
 actively use a large fraction of the 32-bit address space, the partially
 conservative nature of D's GC can actually become a significant limitation.
 On the other hand, the long-term solution is 64-bit.  Is precise GC
 technically possible with D, and if so, is there anyone seriously thinking of
 implementing it?



I will be doing some reserch in the next few months as part of my graduate
thesis. Don't expect too much of this, it will be pretty limited (to
Linux+x86, only 32-bits probably). I'm setting up a blog to leave there my
advance, i'll post it here when it's online.

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Leandro Lucarella (luca) | Blog colectivo: http://www.mazziblog.com.ar/blog/
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Aug 05 2008