• Larry Evans (9/9) Oct 21 2005 I've actually got 2 questions, which are actually on:
• Walter Bright (5/15) Oct 21 2005 Yes.

Larry Evans <cppljevans cos-internet.com> writes:

I've actually got 2 questions, which are actually on:

   http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DocComments/Memory

under topics:

   root pointer scanning?

   Confused by docs for class instance on stack

I'm assuming that the scanning is done conservatively, but then
I'm wondering why the compiler doesn't provide the information
(location of pointers/references within each object) needed
for precise scanning?

"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Larry Evans" <cppljevans cos-internet.com> wrote in message
news:djanin$1rdd$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 I've actually got 2 questions, which are actually on:

    http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DocComments/Memory

 under topics:

    root pointer scanning?

    Confused by docs for class instance on stack

 I'm assuming that the scanning is done conservatively,

Yes.

 but then
 I'm wondering why the compiler doesn't provide the information
 (location of pointers/references within each object) needed
 for precise scanning?

To do so would improve the garbage collection, and so such will probably get
done in the future.