From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: When are unused overlays garbage collected? Date: Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:41 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87v978u3nd.fsf@mbork.pl> <874keqdr5v.fsf@mbork.pl> <87v974cfd9.fsf@mbork.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30587"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 27 23:43:30 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lmNmr-0007mf-SD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 27 May 2021 23:43:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36560 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmNmq-00070M-UO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:43:28 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52202) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmNmF-0006wh-Fp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:61661) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lmNmB-00063l-Aq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:50 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id D40E480762; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:43 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 879B680497; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:42 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1622151762; bh=6hipWbllhssQd0GBpajPcqXhH8Bxuv0d2DXd8Ft1pgE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=oRqKHDL2IYPmf00cH6x3go/76SgVG4PgeCfeGNQ0AHpKwzggE1nQb47MX/FiwDnxx 4fDfEonEpR3rJZu3y9QypFphJAWyMIi0rcbdckweZJRglEk/BEDz5CxVqxeWwLaXr4 iK3+5wPXIYivGcck7CXYqzbqggArimNWLq2PfZUB/VdShgOITXM2uNKkl/+Zokj1tA 0EO4ctx9BF4hYdUzP5VeLqtOrQZAZtmmH/VCqqQzOJH45VPDrX5vJSta6SxDvXcm9Q j3Qezgm6CMuCXaLBNnXmgQo22G+z+QDpe/GiH8vV0mYeSWvo4JsHSaQAeefuOYuOD5 /GLA0yGZ5YOkg== Original-Received: from alfajor (69-196-163-239.dsl.teksavvy.com [69.196.163.239]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 550AF120334; Thu, 27 May 2021 17:42:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87v974cfd9.fsf@mbork.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Thu, 27 May 2021 18:26:26 +0200") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:130272 Archived-At: > I only wanted to clarify that I don't need to e.g. bother with > `remove-overlays' before killing the buffer. Indeed, you doubly don't: - when you kill a buffer, its overlays are automatically disconnected from the buffer. - even if `kill-buffer` were changed not to do that, when the buffer is not reachable any more, the overlays to which it point would also become GC'able (unless you keep a reference to them, of course). Stefan