> > The real garbage-collection is a tough issue. Hence not tackled by the > > AS yet. So, what's here (ns_cleanup) works but not realy universally. > > Jeff Hobbs has mentioned that Tcl interp cloning work on one > of the Tcl 8.3.x branches several times now. Jeff, how fast > is that stuff, or how fast could it be made? Could it > conceivably be fast enough to make it practical to simply > dump and re-clone the WHOLE Tcl interp for each and every > AOLserver connection?
Yes, I would think so. The work was done in porting Tcl to specialized routers where each incoming call would create another interp to respond. The Tcl_CloneInterp worked all down at the C level, even copying bytecodes. I would think that is the best possible solution, but it isn't the easiest. The 8.3 branch that has it was designed to work in a single-threaded environment. Other tweaks were made to save memory (this was for a router, after all), that you would not want. Fortunately those should be orthogonal, but making the whole Tcl_CloneInterp robust for the HEAD would take some time I imagine (at least a few weeks). Jeff -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
