On Mon, 24 Dec 2007, James Keenan via RT wrote:
> Additional question: The POD to this configuration step class states:
>
> "--gc" can take the values:
>
> "gc"
> The default. Use the memory allocator in src/recources.c.
>
> "libc"
> Use the C library "malloc" along with src/gc/res_lea.c. This
> doesn't work. See [perl #42774].
>
> "malloc"
> Use the malloc in src/malloc.c along with src/gc/res_lea.c.
> Since this uses res_lea.c, it doesn't work either. See [perl #42774].
>
> "malloc-trace"
> Use the malloc in src/malloc-trace.c with tracing enabled, along
> with src/gc/res_lea.c. Since this uses res_lea.c, it doesn't
> work either. See [perl #42774].
>
>
> Okay, so if only 1 of the 4 possible values for the --gc option works,
> why shouldn't we (or, I, as the cage cleaner in this area) just rip out
> the code for the 3 non-working values?
They almost work. If they did work, they would probably be helpful in
tracking down hard-to-isolate-but-maybe-garbage-collection bugs. Making
them work would also be a good test of whether parrot's memory allocation
model is sufficiently well-specified and encapsulated.
--
Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
