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Re:Dart language by jganetsk on Monday October 10, 2011 @07:35PM (#3096363)
I don't think Go lets you take stack addresses. If you try to do that, it will copy the data structure onto the heap.
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Re:Dart language by enneff on Monday October 10, 2011 @07:45PM (#3096394)
The compiler is free to optimize this how it sees fit. Taking the address of a value doesn't necessarily move it to the heap.
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Re:Dart language by jganetsk on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @11:45AM (#3099045)
I imagine this optimization can only happen once escape analysis is performed. In the general case, address-of moves the data to the heap, or causes it to be stored on the heap in the first place. Correct?
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Re:Dart language by enneff on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @07:07PM (#3100810)
Yes.
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