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0 pointsominous_prime11y ago0 comments

I don't think this would really handle the pinning aspect if a compacting GC is implemented, would it? It does keep the pointer alive, but it technically doesn't do anything to prevent the GC from changing the pointer.

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crawshaw11y ago

The uintptr version of the pointer is not moved by the GC, so it acts as a stable identifier.

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0 pointsominous_prime11y ago0 comments

I don't think this would really handle the pinning aspect if a compacting GC is implemented, would it? It does keep the pointer alive, but it technically doesn't do anything to prevent the GC from changing the pointer.

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crawshaw11y ago

The uintptr version of the pointer is not moved by the GC, so it acts as a stable identifier.

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