On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Daniel White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> That would be a bad idea. Then how would you do manual memory >> management in the few cases that absolutely require it? > > Two ways. Either: > > a: being able to lock the variable so that the garbage collector > can't touch it until you unlock it.
Why not just use GC-allocated memory and use addRoot then? > b: Using a slightly different version of malloc (say 'mallocl') which again, > makes it shielded against the garbage collector's wrath. At which point you're back to the same situation as we have currently.
