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Re: Large string patch
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From:
Piers Cawley
Date:
December 30, 2001 00:16
Subject:
Re: Large string patch
Message ID:
m2lmflqh30.fsf@bofh.org.uk
"David & Lisa Jacobs" <jacobsl001@hawaii.rr.com> writes:
> From what I could tell, it looks like Dan put it in there as a
> potential GC hook when allocating the header of a string or PMC (see
> resources.c). My guess is that he is planning to fire off the GC
> from the interpreter.
>
> If that is the case and we need it back, let me know and I'll
> restore it.
>
> Has the scope of the GC been determined yet? By this I mean will it
> only be managing PMC and STRING objects or will be used for all
> memory allocations?
If my understanding of continuations is correct then they're going to
be *so* much easier to implement if everything gets allocated from via
GC.
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?
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