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From: bertrand@eiffel.UUCP (Bertrand Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel
Subject: Re: arrays and garbage collection
Summary: Arrays are reclaimed
Message-ID: <244@eiffel.UUCP>
Date: 16 Feb 90 20:26:22 GMT
References: <1223@m3.mfci.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Interactive Software Engineering, Santa Barbara CA
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In <1223@m3.mfci.UUCP>, genly@bubble.multiflow.COM (Chris Hind Genly)
asks:

> A C function called 'alloc' is called to
> allocate space for the array.  Doesn't this prohibit the garbage
> collector from knowing what type of data is kept in the array?  If so
> doesn't this cause objects referenced through only an array to be
> collected as garbage?!


No. Arrays are properly reclaimed by the garbage collector, and objects
referenced directly or indirectly by array elements are handled correctly.




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-- Bertrand Meyer
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