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| author | Ivan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru> | 2013-07-11 12:44:35 +0400 |
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| committer | Ivan Maidanski <ivmai@mail.ru> | 2013-07-11 12:44:35 +0400 |
| commit | 6da20ac5b44b55dfa905bd87f41063bd58e65087 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c5a50495eef11ae54ab493e686e0d9105463207 /README.md | |
| parent | a7a6b3d27101f5f61653b3a6bba0e62ceec8825a (diff) | |
| download | bdwgc-6da20ac5b44b55dfa905bd87f41063bd58e65087.tar.gz | |
Fix more typos in comments and documentation
* alloc.c: Fix typo ("overflow").
* configure.ac: Fix typo ("optimization").
* doc/README.amiga: Fix typos ("also", "specific", "unnecessary").
* doc/README.cords: Fix typos ("descendants", "highlighted").
* ChangeLog: Fix typos ("[un]collectible").
* README.md: Likewise.
* dbg_mlc.c: Likewise.
* doc/README.hp: Likewise.
* doc/README.linux: Likewise.
* doc/gcdescr.html: Likewise.
* doc/gcinterface.html: Likewise.
* include/gc_mark.h: Likewise.
* include/gc_pthread_redirects.h: Likewise.
* include/new_gc_alloc.h: Likewise.
* include/private/dbg_mlc.h: Likewise.
* include/private/gc_pmark.h: Likewise.
* include/private/gc_priv.h: Likewise.
* new_hblk.c: Likewise.
* ChangeLog: Fix typo ("multi-threaded").
* cord/cordxtra.c: Likewise.
* doc/debugging.html: Likewise.
* doc/gcinterface.html: Likewise.
* doc/leak.html: Likewise.
* doc/overview.html: Likewise.
* doc/simple_example.html: Likewise.
* include/gc_mark.h: Likewise.
* include/private/gc_priv.h: Likewise.
* os_dep.c: Likewise.
* ptr_chck.c: Likewise.
* README.md: Fix typo ("pointer-free").
* allchblk.c: Likewise.
* doc/debugging.html: Likewise.
* doc/gcdescr.html: Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'README.md')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ _WARNING_: pointers inside memory allocated by the standard `malloc` are not seen by the garbage collector. Thus objects pointed to only from such a region may be prematurely deallocated. It is thus suggested that the standard `malloc` be used only for memory regions, such as I/O buffers, that -are guaranteed not to contain pointers to garbage collectable memory. +are guaranteed not to contain pointers to garbage collectible memory. Pointers in C language automatic, static, or register variables, are correctly recognized. (Note that `GC_malloc_uncollectable` has semantics similar to standard malloc, but allocates objects that are @@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ of information: This mechanism performs best for objects that are written only for initialization, and such that only one stubborn object is writable at once. It is typically not worth using for short-lived -objects. Stubborn objects are treated less efficiently than pointerfree +objects. Stubborn objects are treated less efficiently than pointer-free (atomic) objects. A rough rule of thumb is that, in the absence of VM information, garbage |