Re: ObjectiveC accessors

[Helge Hess]

On Jun 1, 2004, at 10:14, Marcel Weiher wrote:
> > > > I agree that this is not necessarily a good idea ;-), but notably 
> > > > Boehm-GC can be used as a drop-in replacement for the malloc 
> > > > library (without altering semantics!)
...
> If you use 2 different mallocs, then it's obviously not a drop in 
> replacement.

Hu? Boehm-GC *is* a drop-in replacement (nothing else was stated), 
using it as such allows you to more reliably use the conservative GC 
functionality *in addition*.

> Sure.  It just isn't semantically compatible, and cannot be.

It absolutely is. If you use the GC malloc instead of system malloc, it 
isn't (I can't remember that someone ever asked for that?), if you use 
it as a drop-in replacement, it is perfectly malloc compatible and 
provides additional functionality on top of that.

You are probably confused by the name of the software "BoehmGC" - it 
actually does not only provide the GC, but also a library that can be 
used instead of system malloc. Nothing else was said, see my initial 
statement on the top of the mail.
If you read that as "GC is available at C system level with C 
compatible behaviour", you read it wrong (this is obviously nonsense 
;-) Maybe we can agree on that and stop the thread ...

Greets,
  Helge
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