Garbage Collected Allocation

Declaration

GC allocation is implicit — variables that are not marked wild or stack are garbage collected:

Point:p1;
p1.x = 10i32;
p1.y = 20i32;

The gc keyword exists in the lexer but is not used as a prefix in practice. Absence of wild = GC-managed.

When to Use

• Data that must outlive the creating function's scope
• Shared references across multiple parts of the program
• Complex object graphs with cycles

Notes

gc is a contextual keyword — it can be used as a variable name outside allocation contexts.

Related

• overview.md — all allocation modes
• stack.md — stack allocation (prefer when possible)
• wild.md — unmanaged memory