Re: [boost] portable precise garbage collector for C++

From: Achilleas Margaritis (axilmar_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-18 01:54:25

Steven Burns wrote:
> No, __fastcall is not portable, but it's largely irrelevant to the 
> algorithm.
> I think the top-1 question will be: how does it handle cycles?
> 
> Steven

Cycles are handled as in every other garbage collector, i.e. objects 
connected cyclically do not remain for ever in memory.

> 
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> "Larry Evans" <cppljevans_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
> news:fclt2h$2v4$1_at_sea.gmane.org...
>> On 09/16/07 16:56, Achilleas Margaritis wrote:
>>> Dear boost developers,
>>>
>>> You can find a new version of my portable precise C++ garbage collector
>>> in vault/memory.
>>>
>> The file:
>>
>>   src/cppgc.cpp
>>
>> contains:
>>
>> void __fastcall _gc_traits::scan(register void *ptr) {
>>
>> is __fastcall portable?
>>
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