From: Gregory Colvin (gregory.colvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-29 11:17:56
On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 09:57 America/Denver, Larry Evans wrote:
> Gregory Colvin wrote:
> [snip]
>> It seems that rather than take the route of modifying all the
>> standard containers one might as well just provide a special
>> operator new(gc) and gc_allocator that can track all the memory
>> blocks on the heap that might contain a shared_ptr. Then one
>> can either replace global operator new with the special one,
>> or use new(gc) or gc_allocator wherever needed.
> I'm assuming that the advantage of the suggested method
> over Boehm's collector would be the precision? I.e. no
> false pointers are possible?
Yes, that would be one (small) advantage. It would also be
easier to provide a portable version. The disadvantage is
the need to use smart pointers at all.
It is not that hard to write a new(gc) and gc_allocator
using Boehm's collector, for those who don't want to have
the collector take over all memory allocation.