I am working with a C++ wrapper where the most common type is a wrapper around a shared pointer to memory. Essentially an array view. Lets call this type MyArray. My general question is given function which returns MyArray, how will Julia’s GC operate on that object given that it knows nothing abou…

How to Obtain Efficient Garbage Collection of C-Ptrs

nhz2 February 25, 2025, 7:08pm 2

I recently fixed a similar issue in CodecZlib.jl by getting the C library to use jl_malloc and jl_free instead of malloc and free Ref: C struct garbage collection not run frequently enough - #14 by vchuravy

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