[gclist] Re: finding object prefix from infix pointer

marc.shapiro@inria.fr marc.shapiro@inria.fr
Fri, 9 Jul 1999 21:41:18 +0200


 || From: boehm@hoh.engr.sgi.com (Hans Boehm)
 || Subject: Re: [gclist] Re: finding object prefix from infix pointer
 || Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 09:28:06 -0700
 || 
 || Each block (roughly page) of the heap contains objects of a fixed
 || size.

Isn't that very bad for locality?  I.e. you group objects by size rather
than putting together those that are accessed together.

                                                Marc