[m-rev.] for review: add --boehm-gc-free-space-divisor option

[Peter Wang]

On 2008-07-15, Julien Fischer <juliensf at csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Peter Wang wrote:
>>
>> @sp 1
>> + at item --boehm-gc-free-space-divisor=@var{N}
>> + at findex --boehm-gc-free-space-divisor=@var{N}
>> +This option sets the value of the free space divisor in the Boehm garbage
>> +collector to @var{N}. The default value is 3. Increasing its value will reduce
>> +heap space but increase collection time.
>
> It will actually increase the heap space _available to the program will
> it not?  (At least that's the impression I received from the Boehm GC
> docs.)

Not sure what you mean.  To my knowledge, it just changes when the
collector decides to expand the heap.  Smaller heap => more full heap,
more collections.

> You should also say that this option is ignored if the Boehm GC is not
> being used.

Ok.

Peter

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