Re: how to tune generational collector in work3?

["Juris Kalnins" <juris@...>]

On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:45:29 +0300, Roberto Ierusalimschy  
<roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> > Also, would it make sense to adjust generational collection
> > so that short gc leaves uncollected objects white,
> > while full gc creates old objects?
>
> With that change, objects would become old only in major collections.
> I am afraid it would make the nursery too big.

What about the average lifetime of objects?
Are there cases where temporary white object
turns gray because of a write barrier
(even if the reference is quickly lost), and so
always survives the first collection?

Sorry for the question, but I don't really follow the
barrier code in the generational case.