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libgc: Add meta-info.
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doCheck = true;
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meta = {
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description = "A garbage collector for C and C++";
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description = "The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector for C and C++";
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longDescription = ''
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The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a
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garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It allows you
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to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly
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deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector
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automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer
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be otherwise accessed.
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The collector is also used by a number of programming language
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implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to
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facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the
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simple collector interface.
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Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a leak detector for
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C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.
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'';
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homepage = http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/;
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# non-copyleft, X11-style license
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license = "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/license.txt";
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maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo ];
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};
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}
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