With marcus we discuss about having a simple JIT that would transform  
at run-time (during the first execution) a
named-based access to a offset-based bytecode for instance variable  
access and this way we would have a much more dynamic
model for iv encodings. But this is not related to GC.

Stef



> Hi everyone.
>
> At the moment, loading Traits into the image takes a while, because  
> it adds an instance variable to Behavior. This means that it  
> reshapes all of the metaclasses in the system, and since the  
> reshaping of each class requires a GC, this is very slow.
>
> Has anyone looked into any of the alternatives that don't require a  
> GC for class reshaping?
>
> Daniel Vainsencher
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