Subj : Re: GCF_FINAL Assert
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : igor.bukanov@gmail.com
Date : Wed Jun 29 2005 05:22 am

Flags of GC thing are set to exactly GCF_FINAL during sweeping phase to
indicate that memory allocated for the thing is free to reuse. When the
memory is allocated for a new thing, flags are set to something other
then just GCF_FINAL.

Thus if during a marking phase sometimes later  the code meets
flags==GCF_FINAL, it indicates that there is a live thing that points
to freed memory. Which, of cause, should never happen and this is
exactly what is asserted in the current CVS tip at line 1032.

Regards, Igor

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