From: Matt Corallo Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:29:52 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update readme noting that the bindings are beta, not alpha X-Git-Tag: v0.0.104.1~3^2 X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?p=ldk-java;a=commitdiff_plain;h=99a3d528524ef1de3ad0dd3d0f81e5c2df0de226 Update readme noting that the bindings are beta, not alpha ... and there are no known memory leaks 🎉. Fixes #70. --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8fe3e29e..825c22c7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,19 +42,16 @@ Status The TypeScript Bindings are still in early development and generated code contains syntax errors. While the underlying library and C bindings are relatively mature, the Java bindings should be -considered alpha quality and some memory management issues may still appear. Specifically, because -the Java bindings map between two very different memory models - Rust's strict ownership model and -Java's reference cloning and garbage collection - a lot of work occurs in the background to keep -the Java GC informed of Rust ownership semantics. - -There are some known memory leaks, which are relatively modest in the existing test suite (around -1MB for 128 node constructions and 64 full channel constructions and payments sent), but which may -be less moderate in certain usages. The debug-mode build includes memory leak tracking and will -print all loose objects when the program exists, though without calls to -`System.gc(); System.runFinalization();` immediately before exit there will likely be many false -positives. While it will require some complicated usage, there are likely some use-after-free or -unkonwn-free bugs remaining. The debug-mode build links LLVM address sanitizer and will print -diagnostic information in case of such issues. +considered beta quality and some issues may still appear. Specifically, because the Java bindings +map between two very different memory models - Rust's strict ownership model and Java's reference +cloning and garbage collection - a lot of work occurs in the background to keep the Java GC +informed of Rust ownership semantics. + +The debug-mode build includes memory leak tracking and will print all loose objects when the +program exists, though without calls to `System.gc(); System.runFinalization();` immediately before +exit there will likely be many false positives. While it will require some complicated usage, there +are likely some use-after-free or unkonwn-free bugs remaining. The debug-mode build links LLVM +address sanitizer and will print diagnostic information in case of such issues. The only known issue resulting in a use-after-free bug requires custom a custom ChannelKeys instance created as a part of a new channel. After the channel is created, the ChannelKeys object will not