[pypy-svn] r77188 - pypy/extradoc/planning

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Mon Sep 20 10:09:54 2010
New Revision: 77188

Modified:
   pypy/extradoc/planning/gc.txt
   pypy/extradoc/planning/gcplan.txt
Log:
Flag card marking as "partially done".


Modified: pypy/extradoc/planning/gc.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/extradoc/planning/gc.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/extradoc/planning/gc.txt	Mon Sep 20 10:09:54 2010
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Card marking GC for PyPy
 ========================
 
+
+UPDATE: partially done in the minimark GC: large arrays are
+allocated with a few extra bytes containing card marker bits.
+
+
+
 With a generational GC one needs to keep track of references from the old
 generation to the young one using a write barrier.  Currently this is
 implemented with a list of old objects that contain pointers to young objects.

Modified: pypy/extradoc/planning/gcplan.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/extradoc/planning/gcplan.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/extradoc/planning/gcplan.txt	Mon Sep 20 10:09:54 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
+
+UPDATE: partially done in the minimark GC: large arrays are
+allocated with a few extra bytes containing card marker bits.
+
+
 The problem:
 ============