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Date: | 2003-11-14 (21:22) |
From: | Brian Hurt <bhurt@s...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] GC and file descriptors |
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Eric Dahlman wrote: > Another problem with doing this is that you are tying the rate at which > file descriptors are closed to the GC profile of your program. If you > only have 10's or 100's of file descriptors available it would be very > easy to use them all up in a tight loop which did not allocate much memory. > > It would be a bummer to have your program start failing because you used > a more memory efficient algorithm for some calculation. This is easy enough to work around- have the file open try a GC if the file open fails. Alternatively, you could simply require programs that want to sit in tight loops opening descriptors to handle the out of descriptors case. Java does #2, IIRC. -- "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford Brian ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners