On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Uwe Fechner <uwe.fechner....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > in the issues on github I see a lot that refer to gc frames. > > What is a gc frame? I know how garbage collection works in general, > but I don't understand the meaning of gc frames in the context of Julia. > > Could someone explain: > - What they are used for?
Keep reference to local variables. > - When they need to be created? When there's local variables that are heap allocated. > - If they have a lifetime, that needs to be managed. They are stack allocated. > > Thank you very much! > > Uwe
