Re: Removing pure space

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> > I have not been able to measure any performance changes with this
>> > patch applied, but unfortunately I'm currently on a system unsuitable
>> > for running reliable benchmarks. If this is a concern, any help
>> > measuring the performance impact more accurately would be appreciated.
>> The main expected benefit from the purespace is that the GC doesn't need
>> to look at it, so the GC should be faster because it looks at a smaller
>> part of the heap.
> With pdumper, I don't think that's true anymore.

Notice I did not say that this is the benefit you get.
Only that's the benefit that is expected from it.  IOW the statement is still
true even if purespace just makes everything worse.


        Stefan