[m-dev.] for review: Accurate garbage collection.

[Tyson Dowd]

On 02-Jul-1998, Tyson Dowd <trd at stimpy.cs.mu.oz.au> wrote:
> On 02-Jul-1998, Peter Schachte <pets at students.cs.mu.oz.au> wrote:
> > > An initial implementation of the accurate garbage collector.
> > >
> > > library/builtin.m:
> > > library/mercury_builtin.m:
> > > library/std_util.m:
> > > runtime/mercury_tabling.h:
> > > 	Deep copy terms using the address of the value instead of
> > > 	just the value.
> > 
> > Does this mean that deep copy now preserves sharing?  Either way, you should
> > probably mention that here.
> 
> Nope.  The interface has just changed.  Supporting sharing without
> destructively copying (e.g. moving) is more difficult.
> 
> It is closer to supporting sharing however.  I'll make it clear in the
> log message that there is no change to the operation of deep_copy.

Actually, I won't because I'll probably be making it a wrapper anyway.

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