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Re: Buffer-/frame-local variables [Was: Re: Make buffer- and frame-local
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Buffer-/frame-local variables [Was: Re: Make buffer- and frame-locals a misc object] |
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Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:35:53 -0400 |
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>> Another reason is that until they're initialized, the fields contain
>> invalid values, so if the GC sees them we're in trouble, right?
> Not quite. In our terms, the core thing for simple generational GC is:
I didn't mean to say that a write-barrier during initialization is
a bug, only that it can't be necessary since the object is not "GC
ready" yet.
Stefan