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From: dvdeug@x8b4e53cd. (David Starner)
Subject: Re: Ammo-zilla
Date: 1999/10/31
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On Sun, 31 Oct 1999 13:26:48 GMT, Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> wrote:
>What for instance does it mean to do address overlays that
>reference the address of some object if the address of that
>object changes due to GC? I have no idea what a sensible answer
>to this question might be!

Um, don't move it? Either pick a form of GC that doesn't move objects
(the Boehm conservative GC is one that almost becoming the standard
for free software, while GCC now uses a rather more sophisticated GC
internally that doesn't move stuff), or mark that object as immobile.

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David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org