On 19 November 2012 13:04, David Bruant <[email protected]> wrote: > I wish to point out a little thought on the topic of memory management. As > far as I know, all GC algorithms I'm aware of are runtime algorithms, > meaning that the primitives of these algorithms are objects and references > between objects. I have never heard of memory management system that would > take advantage of source code informations to not allocate memory if it's > proven to be unused after allocation (or allocate less if it's proven only > part will be used). > Is it a stupid idea? Too much effort? The conjonctions of 2 research areas > where people usually don't talk to one another?
Search for "region inference" or "region-based memory management". Was a hot topic in the late 90s, but ultimately the cost/benefit ratio turned out to be not so clear. /Andreas _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
