//: Reclaiming memory when it's no longer used. :(scenario new_reclaim) def main [ 1:&:num <- new number:type 2:num <- deaddress 1:&:num # because 1 will get reset during abandon below abandon 1:&:num 3:&:num <- new number:type # must be same size as abandoned memory to reuse 4:num <- deaddress 3:&:num 5:bool <- equal 2:num, 4:num ] # both allocations should have returned the same address +mem: storing 1 in location 5 //: When abandoning addresses we'll save them to a 'free list', segregated by size. :(before "End routine Fields") map free_list; :(before "End Primitive Recipe Declarations") ABANDON, :(before "End Primitive Recipe Numbers") put(Recipe_ordinal, "abandon", ABANDON); :(before "End Primitive Recipe Checks") case ABANDON: { if (!inst.products.empty()) { raise << maybe(get(Recipe, r).name) << "'abandon' shouldn't write to any products in '" << to_original_string(inst) << "'\n" << end(); break; } for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(inst.ingredients); ++i) { if (!is_mu_address(inst.ingredients.at(i))) raise << maybe(get(Recipe, r).name) << "ingredients of 'abandon' should be addresses, but ingredient " << i << " is '" << to_string(inst.ingredients.at(i)) << '\n' << end(); break; } break; } :(before "End Primitive Recipe Implementations") case ABANDON: { for (int i = 0; i < SIZE(current_instruction().ingredients); ++i) { reagent/*copy*/ ingredient = current_instruction().ingredients.at(i); canonize(ingredient); abandon(get_or_insert(Memory, ingredient.value), payload_size(ingredient)); } break; } :(code) void abandon(int address, int payload_size) { // clear memory for (int curr = address; curr < address+payload_size; ++curr) put(Memory, curr, 0); // append existing free list to address trace("abandon") << "saving " << address << " in free-list of size " << payload_size << end(); put(Memory, address, get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, payload_size)); put(Current_routine->free_list, payload_size, address); } int payload_size(reagent/*copy*/ x) { x.properties.push_back(pair("lookup", NULL)); lookup_memory_core(x, /*check_for_null*/false); return size_of(x); } :(after "Allocate Special-cases") if (get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, size)) { trace("abandon") << "picking up space from free-list of size " << size << end(); int result = get_or_insert(Current_routine->free_list, size); trace("mem") << "new alloc from free list: " << result << end(); put(Current_routine->free_list, size, get_or_insert(Memory, result)); put(Memory, result, 0); for (int curr = result; curr < result+size; ++curr) { if (get_or_insert(Memory, curr) != 0) { raise << maybe(current_recipe_name()) << "memory in free list was not zeroed out: " << curr << '/' << result << "; somebody wrote to us after free!!!\n" << end(); break; // always fatal } } return result; } :(scenario new_differing_size_no_reclaim) def main [ 1:&:num <- new number:type 2:num <- deaddress 1:&:num abandon 1:&:num 3:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2 # different size 4:num <- deaddress 3:&:@:num 5:bool <- equal 2:num, 4:num ] # no reuse +mem: storing 0 in location 5 :(scenario new_reclaim_array) def main [ 1:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2 2:num <- deaddress 1:&:@:num abandon 1:&:@:num 3:&:@:num <- new number:type, 2 # same size 4:num <- deaddress 3:&:@:num 5:bool <- equal 2:num, 4:num ] # both calls to new returned identical addresses +mem: storing 1 in location 5