Gordon Cichon wrote:

Actual Self objects are always allocated inside the object system, i.e. the new space or eden space of the Self world.

The last part of this is not exactly true -- under certain conditions (mostly dependent on the size of the object and the amount of free space in Eden or the Survivor spaces) an object can be allocated directly into the old generation. Canonical strings are also allocated directly in old space, as I recall.

It is true, however, that all Self object reside in either Eden, one of the Survivor spaces, or the set of spaces that comprise the Old generation. See universe.hpp, generation.hpp and space.hpp for the relevant structures. The Spy presents a fairly realistic depiction of these spaces.

Mario

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