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

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-23 18:12:46

AMDG

Mathias Gaunard wrote:
> Steven Watanabe wrote:
>
>   
>> Basically,
>> this works by imposing a hard upper bound on the lifetime
>> of a group of objects, rather than dealing with them separately.
>>     
>
> You can benefit from that without garbage collection, region allocation 
> is enough.
> For example, allocate all nodes of a container in the same region and 
> free that region in the container destructor.
>   

Basically, what it does.  Calling it "garbage collection"
is misleading, IMO.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe