Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-25 Thread Ranjit Mathew
On 10/26/05, Mike Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That array ("str") in "tree_string" is of variable length and > > its length is indicated by the "length" field. So technically > > at least it should be marked with a GTY((length(...))) > > marker. > > I don't believe it is necessary. Just

Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-25 Thread Mike Stump
On Oct 24, 2005, at 9:43 PM, Ranjit Mathew wrote: 1. we want to reduce time spent in the GC, Doesn't really help on time. 2. we know it doesn't matter for PCH, so we do it to reduce the size of the PCH and its loading time, No, doesn't reduce the size, nor the load time. We can only know

Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-25 Thread Andrew MacLeod
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 09:36 -0400, Daniel Berlin wrote: > On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 10:13 +0530, Ranjit Mathew wrote: > > On 10/25/05, Mike Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > First off, several fields are marked "skip", though the > > > > documents seem to strongly discourage this. For ex

Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-25 Thread Daniel Berlin
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 10:13 +0530, Ranjit Mathew wrote: > On 10/25/05, Mike Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > First off, several fields are marked "skip", though the > > > documents seem to strongly discourage this. For example, > > > see ssa_use_operand_t in tree.h. > > > > Was this a q

Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-24 Thread Ranjit Mathew
On 10/25/05, Mike Stump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > First off, several fields are marked "skip", though the > > documents seem to strongly discourage this. For example, > > see ssa_use_operand_t in tree.h. > > Was this a question? :-) Skipping is anti-social and decreases the > flexibility

Re: GGC Questions

2005-10-24 Thread Mike Stump
On Oct 24, 2005, at 9:14 AM, Ranjit Mathew wrote: I have a few queries on GGC, the GCC garbage collector, and usage of GTY markers in GCC sources. I would be grateful if someone could take some time out to answer these. First off, several fields are marked "skip", though the documents seem to

GGC Questions

2005-10-24 Thread Ranjit Mathew
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have a few queries on GGC, the GCC garbage collector, and usage of GTY markers in GCC sources. I would be grateful if someone could take some time out to answer these. First off, several fields are marked "skip", though the documents seem to