Re: [Emacs-diffs] trunk r117987: * internals.texi (Stack-allocated Objects): Describe this feature.

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> +  In C, this is implemented as a special macros which expands to
> +a @code{Lisp_Object} with block-scoped semantics and lifetime (see
> +the code around @code{USE_STACK_LISP_OBJECTS} in @file{lisp.h}).  This
> +means that these objects are not managed by the garbage collector;
> +instead, they are allocated like local variables in C and automatically
> +freed when an execution reaches an end of the corresponding scope.  Thus,
> +allocation and freeing are faster than using garbage collector.  But
> +remember that passing them out of their scope results in undefined
> +behavior.  Think twice before using this feature and carefully debug
> +your code with @code{GC_CHECK_MARKED_OBJECTS} (see @file{alloc.c}).

I'm an old-style programmer, so I don't know C99 and I hence don't know
what is the "corresponding scope" of those new thingies.
See my other message about these macros.  I'd much prefer
declaration-level macros, which would come with clear scoping.


        Stefan