Re: [boost] [SoC] More Ideas

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-04 22:05:08

"Andrey Ryabushenko" <cdome_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I have some ideas in the field of my specialty - memory management.
> I can develop any of these with pleasure. But I want to hear from 
> you which are most wanted or unwanted:) I can't write three great proposals
> at the same time so I am asking you.
>
>
> 1. Garbage collector. Smart pointers are great, but there is easier solution
> that do not require neither special knowledge nor 
> available code modification.

What could you offer that the Boehm collector does not?

> 2. Memory Leak Detector. Very helpful in big projects. It is worth to say
> that 70-80 percent of mistakes is memory leakage.

The same question applies.

> 3. Develop a suite of allocators(multi threaded, small object allocator and
> others). I think the allocator based on Hoard algorithm that shows great
> perfomance in the multithreaded applications is worth merging into boost)
> take a look at more detailed descriptions
> www.cs.umass.edu/~emery/pubs/berger-asplos2000.pdf
> http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/multiproc/multiproc.html

All three of these sound interesting, but they can't really be
considered in any depth unless you go through the SoC proposal process
with them.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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