From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs and Gnome Canvas Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:34:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83aaptgly1.fsf@gnu.org> <4C3ED4F9.4080603@swipnet.se> <83630hgi0r.fsf@gnu.org> <4C3EE8D6.3020607@swipnet.se> <8339vlgcax.fsf@gnu.org> <87fwzkbzg8.fsf@telefonica.net> <877hkwag6y.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <877hkwbth6.fsf@telefonica.net> <83pqyofzdg.fsf@gnu.org> <8739vkbpq5.fsf@telefonica.net> <83oce8fwlq.fsf@gnu.org> <87tyo0a11p.fsf@telefonica.net> <83k4ovg7rn.fsf@gnu.org> <87630fa4j8.fsf@telefonica.net> <83d3unfo92.fsf@gnu.org> <87wrsv8l6u.fsf@telefonica.net> <83bpa7feta.fsf@gnu.org> <87zkxr6s34.fsf@telefonica.net> <837hkuftzv.fsf@gnu.org> <87eif26x7m.fsf@telefonica.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279701323 2394 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2010 08:35:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=D3scar?= Fuentes Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 21 10:35:22 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObUlt-0007aj-Ed for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:35:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55294 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ObUls-0001qi-SP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=58560 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ObUle-0001pJ-Aw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObUlZ-0006dv-SW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:06 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:55993) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ObUlZ-0006dI-Pu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:35:01 -0400 Original-Received: from ceviche.home (vpn-132-204-232-36.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.36]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o6L8Yv7C030792; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:34:58 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 73272660D2; Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:34:56 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87eif26x7m.fsf@telefonica.net> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22=D3scar?= Fuentes"'s message of "Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:42:53 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3582=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:127620 Archived-At: >> But GC, too, might need to be examined for possible >> incompatibilities with C++ memory management. > C++ memory management requirements are no special compared against to an > embedded Python interpreter or an image rendering library, for > instance. If Emacs' garbage collector doesn't walk into the space that > does not belong to it, there should be no problem as long as the C++ > code does not store Emacs objects. Indeed, I do not forsee any particular problem on the malloc side, personally (especially since when we use SYSTEM_MALLOC). We could bump into some surprises on the unexec side, but that shouldn't be a major obstacle either. Stefan