Can you assume that allocation is sequential?

On 11/26/10 8:59 , Bert Freudenberg wrote:
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> On 26.11.2010, at 17:43, Andres Valloud wrote:
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>>> You *must* use an end marker, i.e.,
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>>> 	last := Object new. "end marker"
>>> 	obj := self someObject.
>>> 	[last == obj] whileFalse:[
>>> 		count := count + 1.
>>> 		obj := obj nextObject.
>>> 	].
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>>> This will work because it counts between the beginning of memory and the
>>> (arbitrary) end marker. Anything else basically should not be relied on
>>> to work, jit or no.
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>> What happens if a process with higher priority interrupts the iteration and creates more objects?
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> New objects would come after the end marker in memory.
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