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	As there names imply, the binary format produced is intended to model that	As there names imply, the binary format produced is intended to model that
	used by the Erlang and OCaml compilers respectively.	used by the Erlang and OCaml compilers respectively.

		.. _statepoint_example_gc:

	The Statepoint Example GC	The Statepoint Example GC
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	<statepoint-stackmap-format>`. This format is intended to be the standard	<statepoint-stackmap-format>`. This format is intended to be the standard
	format supported by LLVM going forward.	format supported by LLVM going forward.

		The CoreCLR GC
		-------------------------

		.. code-block:: c++

		F.setGC("coreclr");

		This GC leverages the ``gc.statepoint`` mechanism to support the
		`CoreCLR <https://github.com/dotnet/coreclr>`__ runtime.

		Support for this GC strategy is a work in progress. This strategy will
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		differ from
		:ref:`statepoint-example GC<statepoint_example_gc>` strategy in
		certain aspects like:

		* Base-pointers of interior pointers are not explicitly
		tracked and reported.

		* A different format is used for encoding stack maps.

		* Safe-point polls are only needed before loop-back edges
		and before tail-calls (not needed at function-entry).

	Custom GC Strategies	Custom GC Strategies
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