Re: LuaJIT and keeping objects alive

[Jim Pryor <lists+lua@...>]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 09:29:52PM +0100, Mike Pall wrote:
> Jim Pryor wrote:
> > Namely, in standard Lua, U wouldn't be collectable inside bar because it
> > would still be alive on bar's call stack, even if it's never used inside
> > bar. But in LuaJIT the reference to U might be optimized away, and so
> > a different technique for keeping it alive would be required.
> 
> LJ2 doesn't do this right now, but it might do this in the future.
> Collection can happen at the earliest or the latest point. Or
> anywhere inbetween. Or never. It's an implementation detail.

Thanks.

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