Re: [boost] request for interest in a garbage collection library

Subject: Re: [boost] request for interest in a garbage collection library
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-22 18:18:34

Kasra wrote:
> I have interest in garbage collection. However, I have few questions about this library. 
> 
> * How is it going to be better than The Boehm GC?
> * Why isn't it a wrapper for Bohem?

One of the advertised advantages was that is was written purely in 
standard C++, which isn't the case of Boehm which isn't portable.

> auto_ptr<char*> traced_buffer(new (gc_traced) char[1024]);

This raises undefined behaviour, I believe.