From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:49:41 +0300 Message-ID: References: <17491.34779.959316.484740@parhasard.net> <17495.932.70900.796282@parhasard.net> <17495.57895.90438.848865@parhasard.net> <17498.28361.392872.954484@parhasard.net> <17503.21672.395920.94783@parhasard.net> <17503.29740.778178.932671@parhasard.net> <17504.16146.57393.970540@parhasard.net> <17505.33452.224807.946390@parhasard.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1147283421 2046 80.91.229.2 (10 May 2006 17:50:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 17:50:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 10 19:50:16 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fdsp0-0001TU-61 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 19:50:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fdsoz-0004w8-PS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:50:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fdson-0004uQ-NL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:49:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fdsol-0004tz-An for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fdsol-0004tw-4y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:49:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Fdsq5-0000LI-IY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 May 2006 13:51:09 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-229-172.inter.net.il [80.230.229.172]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EDS80525 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 10 May 2006 20:49:37 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Aidan Kehoe In-reply-to: <17505.33452.224807.946390@parhasard.net> (message from Aidan Kehoe on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:05:32 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:54196 Archived-At: > From: Aidan Kehoe > Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:05:32 +0200 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > > As far as I know, the GCPRO convention for arguments is mostly the > > > > following: > > > > > > > > GCPRO args you pass to functions iff those functions can GC and you > > > > need to use the arg after the function returns. > > > > > > Okay. Do you know of any document detailing that? > > > > Does the excerpt below from the Lisp manual answer your concerns? > > It read ambiguously to me. ``Any Lisp object that you intend to refer to > again'' could be one that you intend to refer to in the bodies of the > functions you call. Can someone in the know (Richard?) state a clear rule? I think the ELisp manual should be unequivocal about the GCPRO issue.