* access type question (maybe a little silly) @ 2000-10-19 0:00 Carles 2000-10-19 0:00 ` Pat Rogers 2000-10-20 0:34 ` Ted Dennison 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Carles @ 2000-10-19 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) Do access type objects need to be destructed when they are not longer used? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: access type question (maybe a little silly) 2000-10-19 0:00 access type question (maybe a little silly) Carles @ 2000-10-19 0:00 ` Pat Rogers 2000-10-20 2:01 ` David Starner 2000-10-20 0:34 ` Ted Dennison 1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Pat Rogers @ 2000-10-19 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) "Carles" <e3128927@est.fib.upc.es> wrote in message news:ezLH5.6327$Uk1.151137@telenews.teleline.es... > Do access type objects need to be destructed when they are not longer used? That depends upon what you really mean by "access type objects". If you mean that literally, the answer is "probably not", since they are likely declared on the stack. (Yes one can have access values that designate other access values, but that is somewhat unusual and will be covered by the second part of the answer.) In the following, type T is access all Integer; P : T; the object P is of type T (I'm being somewhat loose with the terminology; it won't hurt). Object P could reasonably be called an "access type object". If what you really mean is "do the values *designated* by access type objects need to be destroyed when no longer used" then the answer depends. After this statement, P := new Integer; P.all is the (Integer) object designated by P, which comes out of some pool (sort of a heap). Does that integer need to be deallocated? Depends upon what you're doing. There is, however, likely no garbage collector unless you're targeting to the JVM. (I know of no Ada compilers that provide GC apart from those that target the JVM, due to lack of demand.) If you're running an application that executes for a very long time, then you might want to do the reclamation. If you're running a desktop, one-off, short-lived application, then it probably won't be worth the effort. The bottom line is that it depends upon the nature of the application domain, the behavior of the program, and the environment in which it runs. --- Patrick Rogers Consulting and Training in: http://www.classwide.com Deadline Schedulability Analysis progers@classwide.com Software Fault Tolerance (281)648-3165 Real-Time/OO Languages Adam ... does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant. Mark Twain ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: access type question (maybe a little silly) 2000-10-19 0:00 ` Pat Rogers @ 2000-10-20 2:01 ` David Starner 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Pat Rogers 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar 0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: David Starner @ 2000-10-20 2:01 UTC (permalink / raw) On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:09:33 -0500, Pat Rogers wrote: >If you're running an application that executes for a very long time, >then you might want to do the reclamation. If you're running a >desktop, one-off, short-lived application, then it probably won't be >worth the effort. I've never seen a program big enough to need access types that wasn't worth it to try and collect it. I have, on the other hand, seen several small programs become quite a nuiscence by eating up hundreds of megabytes of memory in seconds. If you've got a program that inputs files, remember that the next guy will try to load a 100 MB picture/a half gig of mp3s/ the collected works of Shakespeare through your program. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org http://dvdeug.dhis.org If you wish to strive for peace of soul then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire. -- Friedrich Nietzsche ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: access type question (maybe a little silly) 2000-10-20 2:01 ` David Starner @ 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Pat Rogers 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Pat Rogers @ 2000-10-20 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) "David Starner" <dvdeug@x8b4e516e.dhcp.okstate.edu> wrote in message news:8so92d$8a23@news.cis.okstate.edu... > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:09:33 -0500, Pat Rogers wrote: > >If you're running an application that executes for a very long time, > >then you might want to do the reclamation. If you're running a > >desktop, one-off, short-lived application, then it probably won't be > >worth the effort. > > I've never seen a program big enough to need access types that wasn't > worth it to try and collect it. Depends on what you're writing. In the last twenty years I've written many Ada desktop programs that didn't need to bother with reclamation. Many were allocator-intensive. > I have, on the other hand, seen several > small programs become quite a nuiscence by eating up hundreds of megabytes > of memory in seconds. If you've got a program that inputs files, remember > that the next guy will try to load a 100 MB picture/a half gig of mp3s/ > the collected works of Shakespeare through your program. But that wouldn't be a "one-off" program. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: access type question (maybe a little silly) 2000-10-20 2:01 ` David Starner 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Pat Rogers @ 2000-10-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Robert Dewar @ 2000-10-20 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw) In article <8so92d$8a23@news.cis.okstate.edu>, dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org wrote: > On Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:09:33 -0500, Pat Rogers wrote: > >If you're running an application that executes for a very long time, > >then you might want to do the reclamation Note that in Ada 95, you very likely will automate this reclamation by using controlled types, in much the same way you would use destructors in C++ Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: access type question (maybe a little silly) 2000-10-19 0:00 access type question (maybe a little silly) Carles 2000-10-19 0:00 ` Pat Rogers @ 2000-10-20 0:34 ` Ted Dennison 1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Ted Dennison @ 2000-10-20 0:34 UTC (permalink / raw) Carles wrote: > Do access type objects need to be destructed when they are not longer used? Typically, yes. The generic routine Unchecked_Deallocation is used for this purpose. Look it up in the Ada book of your choice. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com Work - mailto:dennison@ssd.fsi.com WWW - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html ICQ - 10545591 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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