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Re: gcc-patches Digest 2 Apr 2000 04:45:49 -0000 Issue 740
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- Subject: Re: gcc-patches Digest 2 Apr 2000 04:45:49 -0000 Issue 740
- From: Tim Josling <tej at melbpc dot org dot au>
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 15:25:55 +1000
- CC: mark at codesourcery dot com, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: Melbourne PC User Group
- References: <954650749.29781.ezmlm@gcc.gnu.org>
This is the 'stick' approach.
I would suggest that as a 'carrot' complementary to this,
documenting the garbage collection in the texinfo, and bringing
the GC code uniformly up to GNU coding standards (eg ggc-simple.c
- I have sent the author a detailed list of exceptions) would be
an excellent idea.
Tim Josling
> As a side-note, we really don't want to maintain two different memory
> allocation systems indefinitely. At this point, I'd argue strongly
> against accepting a new front-end now that didn't use GC. I hope that
> the Java team will make the conversion to GC soon; it's not really
> that much work, and will provide a lot of long-term benefit.
>
> --
> Mark Mitchell
> CodeSourcery, LLC http://www.codesourcery.com