GC/DOD API

[Dan Sugalski]

As part of the DOD/GC rework, we need to have a clean, 
well-documented API for the garbage collector. Things were clean, 
though not documented, for the original DOD and things have gotten 
significantly messier since.

Part of the point of the GC/DOD rework is to allow alternate GC 
implementations (which is why things like write barrier macros are 
going in) but this can't be done without knowing what's going on, 
so...

I think getting the API designed and documented *first* is in order, 
before any actual work's done on the engine. Otherwise we're going to 
end up with a mess, I'll end up reverting to prior CVS versions, and 
there'll be mass grumbling. And we just don't want that. :)
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				Dan

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