Re: More radical ideas about gc and reference counting

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 5/12/14, 11:17 AM, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
12-May-2014 22:08, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:
On 5/12/14, 10:25 AM, bearophile wrote:
A hook that nulls all freelist heads just as the collection process
starts would be helpful.

One word - weak pointers. Then head of freelist is weak and can be
collected at whim.

Of course. My point here is that here you need simpler support than 
full-blown weak pointers. -- Andrei