On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Daniel White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jarrett Billingsley Wrote: > >> 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? > > Well that question points at the deeper issue of why bother having malloc at > all.
For interaction with some C libraries. Or for implementing your own memory management without having to deal with the GC.
