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The implementation of the linker in #24 left a few things undone because they aren't critical to an MVP release. Namely, garbage collection of unused (dead) objects discovered at link-time.
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1 Only when the program being linked is an executable program. When linking a library, we must assume all objects with external linkage are used. 2 Objects with internal (or ODR) linkage are always candidates for garbage collection if there are no references from live objects.
This task is relatively low priority, but is a relatively straightforward task to tackle when we have time.
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The implementation of the linker in #24 left a few things undone because they aren't critical to an MVP release. Namely, garbage collection of unused (dead) objects discovered at link-time.
Items To Garbage Collect
1 Only when the program being linked is an executable program. When linking a library, we must assume all objects with external linkage are used.
2 Objects with internal (or ODR) linkage are always candidates for garbage collection if there are no references from live objects.
This task is relatively low priority, but is a relatively straightforward task to tackle when we have time.
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: