From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kamphausen@creativepharma.com (Stefan Kamphausen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: garbace collection of point-markers Date: 31 Jan 2003 00:49:52 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <62ede926.0301310049.17611c1a@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044003009 17854 80.91.224.249 (31 Jan 2003 08:50:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:50:09 +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 18eWs8-0004dO-00 for ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 09:50:04 +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 18eWsi-0000wF-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 03:50:40 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 10 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 217.226.222.169 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1044002992 16816 127.0.0.1 (31 Jan 2003 08:49:52 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 31 Jan 2003 08:49:52 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109628 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:6145 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6145 Dear ElispWizards, when I call (point-marker) and don't store the return value in a variable will that marker be removed at the next garbage collection? Or does the DONT-COPY-P argument achieve this? I need this for a routine where I use lots of temporary markers. Best Regards Stefan Kamphausen