Re:Legitimate Use of Variable Length Arrays
by chrisseaton on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:54AM
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Why would you ever encounter a fragmented Eden in a garbage collector?
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Re:Legitimate Use of Variable Length Arrays
by scott_s on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:56PM
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I wasn't thinking of that case in particular, but that there are other instance in a garbage collector where you will not just be able to bump a pointer: you need to request more memory from the OS, or you need to start a collection phase before satisfying a memory request.