On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:55:14 +0000, w0rp wrote: > I'm not convinced that any automatic memory management scheme will buy > much with real time applications. Generally with real-time processes, > you need to pre-allocate. I think GC could be feasible for a real-time > application if the GC is precise and collections are scheduled, instead > of run randomly. Scoped memory also helps.
I thought the current GC only ran on allocations? If so @nogc is *very* useful to enforce critical paths. If we added a @nogcscan on blocks that do not contain pointers we maybe able to reduce the collection time, not as good as a precise collector. I would think we can get decent compiler support for this (ie. no refs, pointers, class, dynamic array).
