I've actually got 2 questions, which are actually on:

  http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DocComments/Memory

under topics:

  root pointer scanning?

  Confused by docs for class instance on stack

I'm assuming that the scanning is done conservatively, but then
I'm wondering why the compiler doesn't provide the information
(location of pointers/references within each object) needed
for precise scanning?

"Larry Evans" <cppljevans@cos-internet.com> wrote in message news:djanin$1rdd$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I've actually got 2 questions, which are actually on:
>
>    http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?DocComments/Memory
>
> under topics:
>
>    root pointer scanning?
>
>    Confused by docs for class instance on stack
>
> I'm assuming that the scanning is done conservatively,

Yes.

> but then
> I'm wondering why the compiler doesn't provide the information
> (location of pointers/references within each object) needed
> for precise scanning?

To do so would improve the garbage collection, and so such will probably get done in the future.