Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of Debugging/RuntimeSystem

Timestamp:

08/24/10 04:49:08 (3 years ago)

Author:

simonmar

Comment:

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Debugging/RuntimeSystem

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   -Dc  DEBUG: program coverage
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-Of these, `-DS` (sanity checking) is special. It switches on a rather expensive heap-consistency check which runs after every garbage collection.  Your program will run a lot slower, but it helps when tracking down garbage-collection errors.
+Of these, `-DS` (sanity checking) is special. It switches on lots of expensive consistency checks, including a full heap consistency check which runs after every garbage collection.  Your program will run a lot slower, but it helps when tracking down garbage-collection errors.
 
 == Debugging memory leaks ==