* Re: Calling the garbage collector.
@ 2009-07-27 15:37 Chris Gray
2009-07-27 16:16 ` BGB
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From: Chris Gray @ 2009-07-27 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cr88192; +Cc: aph, abhi00, java
-
> hmm...
>
> maybe Java needs 'delete'?...
As in "maybe the pope needs a wife"? :-)
Automatic garbage collection means you don't know when garbage will be
collected, it could even be "after the VM exits", i.e. never. Running all
finalizers when the VM exits has been tried, and it was a disaster.
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t145751-finalize-not-guaranteed-to-be-called-ever.html
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/popl03/slides.pdf
etc..
PS I'm happy to report that the Mika VM also does not run your finalizer. :-)
Chris Gray /k/ Embedded Java Solutions
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* Re: Calling the garbage collector.
2009-07-27 15:37 Calling the garbage collector Chris Gray
@ 2009-07-27 16:16 ` BGB
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: BGB @ 2009-07-27 16:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Gray; +Cc: aph, abhi00, java
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Gray" <mbx03025@scarlet.be>
To: "cr88192" <cr88192@hotmail.com>
Cc: "aph" <aph@redhat.com>; "abhi00" <abhi00@gmail.com>; "java"
<java@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: Calling the garbage collector.
-
> hmm...
>
> maybe Java needs 'delete'?...
<--
As in "maybe the pope needs a wife"? :-)
Automatic garbage collection means you don't know when garbage will be
collected, it could even be "after the VM exits", i.e. never. Running all
finalizers when the VM exits has been tried, and it was a disaster.
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t145751-finalize-not-guaranteed-to-be-called-ever.html
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/popl03/slides.pdf
etc..
PS I'm happy to report that the Mika VM also does not run your finalizer.
:-)
-->
I was partly joking, but yeah, GC is has some good points, and manual MM
some others.
personally, I prefer a hybrid strategy, where memory can be manually
freed/destroyed when it is known that it is not needed anymore, and left for
the GC when the usage pattern is "difficult to determine".
in my projects, I use a GC, but much of the time treat it much like good old
malloc/free...
so, in cases where it matters, one could essentially force the finalizer to
be run and the object to be freed...
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* Re: Calling the garbage collector.
2009-07-27 10:07 ` Andrew Haley
@ 2009-07-27 14:43 ` BGB
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: BGB @ 2009-07-27 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Haley, abhishek desai; +Cc: java
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Haley" <aph@redhat.com>
To: "abhishek desai" <abhi00@gmail.com>
Cc: <java@gcc.gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: Calling the garbage collector.
> On 07/27/2009 11:41 AM, abhishek desai wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a simple java program to test the garbage collection. It has
>> the two java files shown below.
>>
>> TestClass.java
>>
>> public class TestClass {
>> protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
>> System.out.println("Java TestClass finalizer called.");
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> HelloWorld.java
>>
>> import TestClass;
>>
>> class HelloWorld
>> {
>> public static void main(String args[]) {
>> System.out.println("HelloWorld\n");
>>
>> TestClass a = new TestClass();
>> a = null;
>> System.gc();
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> When I compile this using javac to a class file and run the bytecode
>> using the 'java' interpreter, the finalize funtion for TestClass.java
>> is called.
>> When I compile the same set of files using gcj to machine code, the
>> finalizer is not called. Can any one tell me why this happens and what
>> I will have to do to get the finalizer called when object is no longer
>> used.
>
> The finalize will be called when the object is collected. When the
> object actually gets collected is not defined, and is not guaranteed
> to happen before the program exits. Also, there is no absolute
> guarantee that the object will ever be collected.
>
hmm...
maybe Java needs 'delete'?...
> Andrew.
>
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* Re: Calling the garbage collector.
2009-07-27 9:41 abhishek desai
@ 2009-07-27 10:07 ` Andrew Haley
2009-07-27 14:43 ` BGB
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Haley @ 2009-07-27 10:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: abhishek desai; +Cc: java
On 07/27/2009 11:41 AM, abhishek desai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a simple java program to test the garbage collection. It has
> the two java files shown below.
>
> TestClass.java
>
> public class TestClass {
> protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
> System.out.println("Java TestClass finalizer called.");
> }
> }
>
>
> HelloWorld.java
>
> import TestClass;
>
> class HelloWorld
> {
> public static void main(String args[]) {
> System.out.println("HelloWorld\n");
>
> TestClass a = new TestClass();
> a = null;
> System.gc();
> }
> }
>
>
> When I compile this using javac to a class file and run the bytecode
> using the 'java' interpreter, the finalize funtion for TestClass.java
> is called.
> When I compile the same set of files using gcj to machine code, the
> finalizer is not called. Can any one tell me why this happens and what
> I will have to do to get the finalizer called when object is no longer
> used.
The finalize will be called when the object is collected. When the
object actually gets collected is not defined, and is not guaranteed
to happen before the program exits. Also, there is no absolute
guarantee that the object will ever be collected.
Andrew.
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* Calling the garbage collector.
@ 2009-07-27 9:41 abhishek desai
2009-07-27 10:07 ` Andrew Haley
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: abhishek desai @ 2009-07-27 9:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: java
Hi,
I have a simple java program to test the garbage collection. It has
the two java files shown below.
TestClass.java
public class TestClass {
protected void finalize() throws Throwable {
System.out.println("Java TestClass finalizer called.");
}
}
HelloWorld.java
import TestClass;
class HelloWorld
{
public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println("HelloWorld\n");
TestClass a = new TestClass();
a = null;
System.gc();
}
}
When I compile this using javac to a class file and run the bytecode
using the 'java' interpreter, the finalize funtion for TestClass.java
is called.
When I compile the same set of files using gcj to machine code, the
finalizer is not called. Can any one tell me why this happens and what
I will have to do to get the finalizer called when object is no longer
used.
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