05-02-27 19.28, skrev Marco van de Voort följande: >>> Thats a possibility, but then you do not win anything by running it in a >>> thread. It could as well be run when a memory allocation is done, and then >>> as a subroutine. >> >> No, because the background thread get more time slices during idle moments >> and >> none at all during intense computations. >> GC have to release the control as fast as possible and be able to resume the >> job where it left it. > > It can also compact generations that are not in the current working set.
If it is not in the working set it is not alive, no ? Then it doesn't need compaction ? Olle _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
