On 9/23/2013 3:17 AM, Manu wrote:
Sure, true. But little things like separate it into its own lib, so you can easily link a different one, or not link one at all.
To link in a different one, put the different one on the link command before libphobos2.a. The different one will override the one in the library.
Also, what about language support?
How it's done is deliberately not part of the language.
How much language support is there currently?
Zero.
I don't think I could currently write the ref-counting GC that I'd like without extensive language support. inc/dec ref calls would need to be inserted all over the place by he compiler, and optimiser would need to know how to remove redundant inc/dec sequences.
A ref counting system is something entirely different than just plugging in another GC.
