From: Godmar Back (gback@cs.utah.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 05 1999 - 17:01:51 EST
>
> AFAIR, JIT-generated code starts with a sequence of constants, some of
> which are be references to garbage-collected objects, some are
> primitive constants. In order to make precise garbage collection, we
> should probably split the constants table (not to confuse with
> constant pool) in two sections: the object part and the primitive
> part. Thus, we could refrain from walking the JIT code and the
> primitive part, walking only the object part in a precise way.
Can there be any constants in that constant part that are *not* also
referenced in the actual constant pool of that class?
(i.e., any other than ResolvedClass/ResolvedString).
- Godmar
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