Re: GC - Compile Time

2000-08-03 Thread Ken Fox
Brock wrote: > The idea is simple, insert into the parse tree wherever possible a dealloc > call for variables that we know (at compile time) are going out of scope / > no longer referenced. You probably suspected this, but most great ideas have already been thought of... ;) Many languages try t

GC - Compile Time

2000-08-03 Thread Brock
A theory idea I had a while back, which may have been done before, but heh, may be an idea to consider in this area. The idea is simple, insert into the parse tree wherever possible a dealloc call for variables that we know (at compile time) are going out of scope / no longer referenced. This, a