On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 12:10:33AM -0800, Walter Bright wrote: > On 2/3/2012 4:28 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >I agree with this. Based on current documentation, I didn't even know > >the GC can be replaced at compile-time until someone mentioned it. > >And up to now I still don't know how exactly to do this, since I > >couldn't find any docs for it. > > The documentation for that is in the source files for the GC, the GC > is even in its own subdirectory, src/gc. It stands to reason that to > replace the GC, that's where to look. > > Doing a replacement GC is pretty advanced work. If one is ready for > that, it isn't unreasonable to expect one to peruse those files. It's > a bit beyond the scope of D to provide a tutorial on how to write a > replacement GC, though you're welcome to do it and contribute it.
I was just referring to how to switch between different GCs at compile-time. I'm sure somebody documented this somewhere, the point was that there isn't a central place where someone unfamiliar with the system can go to find the answers. T -- If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in frightful danger of seeing it for the first time. -- G. K. Chesterton