Compaction is a feature that rearranges OCaml values in memory to free up space, which can then be returned to the operating system. In the OCaml 5.2 release, the technique returns to the OCaml Garbage Collector for the first time since its removal in the 5.0 multicore update. This is part one of our feature parity series highlighting features returning to OCaml in an effort to restore feature parity with OCaml 4.14. When OCaml gained multicore support (that is, the ability to execute on mult...
