Re:Reference count, don't garbage collect
by elcritch on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:36PM
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Nim does allow cycles and the new GC is non-atomic RC + cycle collector.
Though I’ve been hacking on a UI framework written in Nim. Its ui nodes form a tree structure that only tracks parent => child. When it needs the parent info it makes a stack of parents during processing.
Essentially it moves the cycle collector / GC work to extra work during processing. But it’s cheaper since you’re already accessing the memory.
Though I’ve been hacking on a UI framework written in Nim. Its ui nodes form a tree structure that only tracks parent => child. When it needs the parent info it makes a stack of parents during processing.
Essentially it moves the cycle collector / GC work to extra work during processing. But it’s cheaper since you’re already accessing the memory.