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=== Escape analysis ===
{{Main|Escape analysis}}
[[Escape analysis]] is a compile-time technique that can convert [[heap allocation]]s to [[stack allocation]]s, thereby reducing the amount of garbage collection to be done. This analysis determines whether an object allocated inside a function is accessible outside of it. If a function-local allocation is found to be accessible to another function or thread, the allocation is said to "escape" and cannot be done on the stack. Otherwise, the object may be allocated directly on the stack and released when the function returns, bypassing the heap and associated memory management costs.<ref name="Salagnac-Yovine-Garbervetsky_2005"/>