status of gcj's boehm collector?

Sat Dec 8 01:35:00 GMT 2001

Bryce McKinlay writes:
 > Andrew Haley wrote:
 > 
 > >What I'm wondering is whether this is a real or a theoretical
 > >requirement for gcj. So, for our current implementation, is there any
 > >chance that calling System.gc() might not call finalizers for files
 > >that are garmabge before returing? 
 > >
 > 
 > Yes! The finalizers are run from a separate thread, so its most likely 
 > that they will not have run when System.gc() returns.
Ah, yes, I see. A patch is required, then.
Andrew.