From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@cs.uu.nl>
Cc: "Wolfgang Jährling" <pro-linux@gmx.de>,
guile-devel@gnu.org, wolfgang@pro-linux.de
Subject: Re: 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:15:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15735.55180.699704.678461@blauw.xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.05.10209052355250.10424-100000@sallust.ida.ing.tu-bs.de>
dirk@sallust.ida.ing.tu-bs.de writes:
> Hello,
>
> although I have to admit that I have not looked into those specific test
> cases myself I would like to point out the following: Some UNRESOLVED
> issues may be due to guile's garbage collection: You can not guarantee
> that something gets collected, although you expect it to. The reason is
> that guile scans the C execution stack for potential references to
> objects. Some non-SCM values may irritate the gc and keep objects from
> being collected. The two cases below might belong to such a category.
> Probably we should clarify this issue in the names of the test cases.
I believe that the error is that the object is in fact collected, when
it should not have been. At least, that's what I gather from the message.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-05 22:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-29 13:38 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc Wolfgang Jährling
2002-08-29 17:57 ` Rob Browning
2002-08-29 20:59 ` Wolfgang Jährling
2002-08-30 20:36 ` Rob Browning
2002-08-30 21:03 ` Wolfgang Jährling
2002-08-31 3:10 ` Rob Browning
2002-08-31 8:17 ` Neil Jerram
2002-08-31 16:04 ` Rob Browning
2002-08-31 18:58 ` Neil Jerram
2002-08-31 20:25 ` Rob Browning
2002-09-05 21:59 ` Dirk Herrmann
2002-09-05 22:15 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys [this message]
2002-09-05 22:30 ` Dirk Herrmann
2002-09-05 22:41 ` Dirk Herrmann
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