[m-rev.] Re: for review: conditional structure reuse for LLDS backends

Julien Fischer juliensf at csse.unimelb.edu.au
Thu Feb 7 16:39:00 AEDT 2008


On Thu, 7 Feb 2008, Peter Wang wrote:

> On 2008-01-30, Peter Wang <novalazy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> [Pending bootchecks in more grades.]
>>
>> Estimated hours taken: 15
>> Branches: main
>>
>> Implement conditional structure reuse for LLDS backends using Boehm GC.
>> Verify at run time, just before reusing a dead cell, that the base address of
>> the cell was dynamically allocated.  If not, fall back to allocating a new
>> object on the heap.  This makes structure reuse safe without having to disable
>> static data.
>
> Is is too early for a reminder about this one?

Hi Peter,

We're a little busy with G12 stuff (upcoming demo, project meeting next
week, etc) at the moment, so there's a backlog of unreviewed changes,
unlooked at bugs with Mercury.

Julien.
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