Heap based mutable arrays?

[Sean Hinde]

> > I bypass the garbage collection problem by forcing a 
> fullsweep collection
> > as soon as any vector is updated. /.../

How about bypassing the garbage collector by copying the data into the array
a la ets and using some sort of occasional tidyup routine to fix any
fragmentation you get?

In the case where you are storing the same sized element into the array each
time the overhead would be directly proportional to the size of the data
stored with no need to ever tidy up.

The vector version does look to be ultimately much better I agree - assuming
the GC can be fixed up without breaking the overall performance. Maybe there
is space for both?

Sean




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