>>>>> On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:15:01 +0900, YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <[EMAIL 
>>>>> PROTECTED]> said:

> Inappropriate preloading also affects the correctness of GC.  Since
> the pure storage is assumed to be read-only, GC does not mark or
> follow the objects in this storage.  So, if there's an object that
> is only pointed to by pure storage objects, which may happen if the
> assumption for the pure storage is violated, the object is reachable
> but never get collected.

The last sentence was not correct.  It should have been:

  So, if there's a non-pure object that is only pointed to by pure
  objects, which may happen if the assumption for the pure storage is
  violated, then the object is reachable but get collected.

                                     YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
                                [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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