From ed32a4c8baa97101cfde16ad6d7b78317f40db2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dcode <dcode@dcode.io>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2019 12:53:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] notes on gc.collect that I don't yet know how to work around

---
 std/assembly/runtime.ts | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/std/assembly/runtime.ts b/std/assembly/runtime.ts
index 18a38f1b..b2f5e73f 100644
--- a/std/assembly/runtime.ts
+++ b/std/assembly/runtime.ts
@@ -144,8 +144,19 @@ export namespace runtime {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Performs a full garbage collection cycle. */
+  /** Performs a full garbage collection cycle.*/
+  // @ts-ignore: decorator
+  @unsafe
   export function collect(): void {
+    // FIXME: annotated unsafe because calling it in the middle of a function collects inner
+    // references prematurely with a tracing GC, which is pretty bad actually.
+
+    // function explode(): Ref {
+    //   var ref = new Ref();
+    //   gc.collect(); // collects ref
+    //   return ref;
+    // }
+
     if (isDefined(__ref_collect)) __ref_collect();
     else throw new Error(E_NOTIMPLEMENTED);
   }