On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Corey Richardson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm still a newbie too, so I can't answer all of your questions, but: > > On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 7:39 AM, Zoltán Tóth <[email protected]> wrote: >> 1) The implementation details of the garbage collector. I understand that >> implementation details may sound a bit boring topic for a languge designer, >> but for anyone considering using the language in practice it may be a >> decisive factor. >> > > The garbage collector for managed boxes (@-ptrs) is currently > reference counting with a broken cycle collector. It leaks a lot, not > good at all. Graydon has a real GC in
There isn't actually a cycle collector anymore, they're just destroyed at the end of the task. It doesn't really leak, and a proper garbage collector doesn't give you a better worst-case collection time. _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
