note down some todos

Author: LoneWandererProductions

MemoryManager.Core/CompactionStyle.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * COPYRIGHT:   See COPYING in the top level directory
+ * PROJECT:     MemoryArenaPrototype.Core
+ * FILE:        CompactionStyle.cs
+ * PURPOSE:     Defines the compaction styles for memory management strategies.
+ * PROGRAMMER:  Peter Geinitz (Wayfarer)
+ */
+
+namespace MemoryManager.Core
+{
+    public enum CompactionStyle
+    {
+        Full,        // The current "Nuclear Reset" (Default for SlowLane)
+        GoodEnough,  // Stops the moment a target gap is opened
+        None         // Defragments strictly via free-list coalescing
+    }
+}

MemoryManager.Lanes/LinearLane.cs

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
  * PROGRAMMER:  Peter Geinitz (Wayfarer)
  */
 
+//TODO: Compaction optimizations:
+// On Free look left and right for adjacent free blocks and coalesce into a single larger block, updating the next free offset if it was at the end of the free region.
+// Two "Good enough" make enough space by moving a single large block instead of doing a full defrag. This would be ideal for the FastLane to quickly open up space without needing to move everything around.
+
 // ReSharper disable UnusedMember.Global
 
 using ExtendedSystemObjects;

MemoryManager.Lanes/SlowLane.cs

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
  * PROGRAMMER:  Peter Geinitz (Wayfarer)
  */
 
+// TODO Compaction
+// we should configure two options good enough or full compaction
+// via the enum CompactionStyle.
+// Good enough would stop as soon as a big enough gap is opened, while full would always compact everything to the start of the buffer.
+
 // ReSharper disable EventNeverSubscribedTo.Global
 
 using ExtendedSystemObjects;