On: Help, My Java Object Vanished (and the GC Is Not at Fault)

[ErikCorry]

Nice!

Why malloc? Surely this is an on-heap object, not malloc allocated?

[tialaramex → ErikCorry]

I think you've got yourself confused. The heap is what malloc is allocating. So it's like you said "Surely this is somewhere in Europe, not France?" or "Surely this is a round shape, not a circle?"

[comex → tialaramex]

Not when we’re talking about a JVM, which has its own heap that does not use malloc.

[tialaramex → comex]

The JVM is of course just software. In this case it's mostly software written in C++ and that software allocates "its own heap" using uh... malloc

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