Alexandr Druzhinin:
32 bit versions (using dmd and gdc, win7/ubuntu 12.04) of my application always leak very fast. But 64 bit version (ubuntu 12.04 only, win7 segfaults) works stable without any leaks. I'm curious is there some workaround or I have to wait for GC improvement to build 32bit version, without choice?
This difference is caused by the difference in pointer space size coupled with the nature of a conservative GC. The "workarounds" are not easy, like allocating your largest arrays from the C heap. The past Summer Of Code was worked on a much more precise GC (but not fully precise) meant to reduce this problem a lot on 32 bit systems, but nothing solid has so far come out of that. It probably needs to be polished, tested, etc.
Bye, bearophile
