Re: Does memory leak?

[stt@spock.camb.inmet.com (Tucker Taft)]

Norman H. Cohen (ncohen@watson.ibm.com) wrote:
: In article <D6KtAI.JyG@inmet.camb.inmet.com>, stt@spock.camb.inmet.com
: (Tucker Taft) writes: 

: |> John Baker (jbaker@thor.tu.hac.com) wrote: 
: |>
: |> : The Lisp i programmed in (symbolics) had a really nice feature --
: |> : allocation to *named* areas of memory.  You could allocate
: |> : objects with differing life spans in different areas and then
: |> : (at the appropriate time), wipe a whole named area and start over
: |> : without having to destroy the objects individually.  Very fast
: |> : and easy to control.  I'd like to see a feature like that in C++
: |> : and ADA.
: |>
: |> This is essentially equivalent to "mark/release."

: No, mark/release is for FIFO deallocation.  

Oops, I bet you meant "LIFO".  

And I meant "mark/release with multiple heaps" which *is*
essentially equivalent.  In fact, M/R with multiple heaps
is a bit more flexible, since you don't have to release 
an entire heap, but can instead release just part of a heap.

: ...
: Norman H. Cohen    ncohen@watson.ibm.com

-Tucker Taft  stt@inmet.com