From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reading portions of large files Date: 13 Jan 2003 16:42:42 +0900 Organization: Global Online Japan Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87k7h9biml.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> References: <5lbs2mdrxs.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <87r8bhbiq5.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042444061 15138 80.91.224.249 (13 Jan 2003 07:47:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18XzJr-0003vz-00 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 08:47:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18XzIb-0001JY-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Jan 2003 02:46:21 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gol.com!203.216.70.8.MISMATCH!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: tc-2-155.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp Original-X-Trace: nnrp.gol.com 1042443762 31523 203.216.25.155 (13 Jan 2003 07:42:42 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@gol.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 07:42:42 +0000 (UTC) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108895 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5424 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5424 Miles Bader writes: > Hmmm? I thought only boxed object had to have a mark bit, in which case > integers don't need one. [Indeed, looking at the current garbage > collector, it doesn't seem to mark integers] Oh wait, I was confused, it does need a mark-bit for cons cells... Sorry for the noise... -miles -- Freedom's just another word, for nothing left to lose --Janis Joplin