• Serg Kovrov (4/4) Aug 03 2006 Is this _gc.minimize() implemented, and what exactly it suppose to do?
• Hasan Aljudy (3/8) Aug 03 2006 hmm .. looking at src/phobos/std/gc.d shows that nothing is
• Frank Benoit (2/4) Aug 03 2006 looking at src/phobos/internal/gc/gcx.d shows that there is something
• Serg Kovrov (3/8) Aug 03 2006 I see an empty method with 'not implemented' comment, what do you see
• Frank Benoit (15/24) Aug 03 2006 :)

Serg Kovrov <kovrov no.spam> writes:

Is this _gc.minimize() implemented, and what exactly it suppose to do?

Thanks
--
serg.

Hasan Aljudy <hasan.aljudy gmail.com> writes:

Serg Kovrov wrote:
 Is this _gc.minimize() implemented, and what exactly it suppose to do?
 
 Thanks
 -- 
 serg.

hmm .. looking at src/phobos/std/gc.d shows that nothing is 
implemented!! (ok well, let's hope it's implemented somewhere else)

Frank Benoit <keinfarbton nospam.xyz> writes:

 hmm .. looking at src/phobos/std/gc.d shows that nothing is
 implemented!! (ok well, let's hope it's implemented somewhere else)


looking at src/phobos/internal/gc/gcx.d shows that there is something
implemented!!

Serg Kovrov <kovrov no.spam> writes:

Frank Benoit wrote:
 hmm .. looking at src/phobos/std/gc.d shows that nothing is
 implemented!! (ok well, let's hope it's implemented somewhere else)

 
 looking at src/phobos/internal/gc/gcx.d shows that there is something
 implemented!!

I see an empty method with 'not implemented' comment, what do you see 
there, Frank?

Frank Benoit <keinfarbton nospam.xyz> writes:

Serg Kovrov schrieb:
 Frank Benoit wrote:
 hmm .. looking at src/phobos/std/gc.d shows that nothing is
 implemented!! (ok well, let's hope it's implemented somewhere else)

 looking at src/phobos/internal/gc/gcx.d shows that there is something
 implemented!!

 
 I see an empty method with 'not implemented' comment, what do you see
 there, Frank?

:)

src/phobos/std/gc.d is a stub and because of that, all functions are
empty. I only wanted to point to the file, where the implementations are
located. So you are able to take a deeper look on it and can see for
yourself what is implemented and what not.

Minimize() is only useful for a compacting GC. Also
gc.enable()/gc.disable() exist and are not implemented (only useful for
a concurrent GC).
They only exist to enable you to write code, which is compatible also
with other potential implementations of the GC.

For general GC information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29
The phobos GC is a Stop-the-world, conservative, mark-and-sweep and
finalizing implementation.