Re: [boost] C++ Memory Management Innovation: GC Allocator

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-22 16:42:01

AMDG

Lance.Diduck_at_[hidden] wrote:
>  Steven Watanabe wrote:
>   
>> As I understand it, if I have a List that exists for the duration of
>>     
> the program, and I am often 
>   
>> adding and removing elements, then the memory for the elements will
>>     
> just build up until the List is destroyed.
> In fact, with some implementations of std::list will support this
> behavior with a suitable allocator. See pg 31 of
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2486.pdf for an
> example. So the idea has been around for some time -- an allocator could
> allocate live objects and not just raw memory. 
>   

I understand that, and I can see that it may make lists
run faster.  /depending on the circumstances/.
This is a useful idea and I would support a boost submission.
I just wanted to point out that it is not a panacea for all
memory problems.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe