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# bdwgc-rust
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[`GlobalAlloc`](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/alloc/trait.GlobalAlloc.html) implementation for [`bdwgc`][bdwgc], the conservative garbage collector.
This crate is for use cases in which developers need to integrate [`bdwgc`][bdwgc] into their programs written in Rust (e.g. writing a runtime library in Rust for their own programming language whose GC is done by [`bdwgc`][bdwgc].)
The raw bindings to the C API of [`bdwgc`][bdwgc] that this crate is built on are available as the `bdwgc-alloc-sys` crate.
## Usage
```rust
use bdwgc_alloc::Allocator;
use std::thread::spawn;
#[global_allocator]
static GLOBAL_ALLOCATOR: Allocator = Allocator;
fn main() {
unsafe { Allocator::initialize() }
// Unreachable objects are collected automatically.
Box::leak(Box::new([0u8; 256]));
// Threads other than a main thread must be registered to a collector before allocation.
spawn(|| {
unsafe { Allocator::register_current_thread() }.unwrap();
Box::leak(Box::new([0u8; 256]));
unsafe { Allocator::unregister_current_thread() }
})
.join()
.unwrap();
}
```
By default [`bdwgc`][bdwgc] is built with autotools. To build with cmake, enable the `cmake` feature:
```sh
cargo build --no-default-features --features cmake
```
## License
[MIT](https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc-rust/blob/main/LICENSE)
[bdwgc]: https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc