Re: INTERN_UTF8CONSTS

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From: Tim Wilkinson (tim@roan.transvirtual.com)
Date: Fri Dec 18 1998 - 09:43:06 EST


I suggest we either remove it or implement it - but stop it being
optional. I would suggest it was implemented since it's ave lots of
memory in the constant pool.

Tim

On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Godmar Back wrote:

>
> I'm tracking down memory leaks in kaffe ---
> what's the deal with INTERN_UTF8CONSTS?
> I understand that it was an attempt by Per Bothner to implement what?
> interning of all utf8s?
>
> In any event:
>
> + is it working?
> + does anybody still understand how it worked?
> + do we need it?
> + are there any objections to removing it?
>
> It's causing gc-allocated objects to be explicitly freed (which is
> at this point silently ignored in gcFree), and it's causing memory
> leaks when it's not clear whether an object to free.
>
> - Godmar
>
>
>


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