24 Apr
2009
24 Apr
'09
2:08 p.m.
"Mathias Gaunard" <mathias.gaunard@ens-lyon.org> wrote in message news:gsqmcv$3ht$1@ger.gmane.org...
Sebastian Redl wrote:
Compacting (or otherwise moving) garbage collectors require detailed knowledge. They must know where the pointers to the moved objects are and modify them. Conservative GCs do not know this.
But precise ones do. And precise garbage collection can be implemented in C++ just fine.
Precise garbage collection can be implemented, but what about pointers stored in registers and temporaries? those can't be changed. __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4033 (20090424) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com