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From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Marking weak alist vectors
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:28:22 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4371CF46.4010708@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y83z3vh5.fsf@laas.fr>

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> The patch fixes `scm_i_mark_weak_vector_non_weaks ()'.  This way, a
> value attached to a weak key will only become unmarked during the mark
> phase _after_ the mark phase during which its weak key became unmarked.
> You might want to re-read this sentence carefully.  ;-)

Does your patch solve the problem that cyclical structures (values that 
point back to keys) should also be GC-ed?

> /* Attach TO_BE_ATTACHED to OBJ.  */
> static SCM
> attach_object (SCM obj, SCM to_be_attached)
> {
>   my_object_t *c_obj, *c_to_be_attached;
> 
>   assert (SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE (my_object_type, obj));
>   assert (SCM_SMOB_PREDICATE (my_object_type, to_be_attached));
> 
>   /* TO_BE_ATTACHED is attached as a property of OBJ.  As such, OBJ will get
>      GC'd _before_ TO_BE_ATTACHED.  */
>   scm_primitive_property_set_x (some_property, obj, to_be_attached);

Why are you storing SCM references as properties?  It's more efficient 
   both in time and space to use a SCM member in my_object_t.



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-11-09 10:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-11-08 17:22 [PATCH] Marking weak alist vectors Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-08 23:51 ` Marius Vollmer
2005-11-09  9:03   ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-12-06 23:55     ` Marius Vollmer
2005-12-07 10:33       ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-12-13 23:45         ` Marius Vollmer
2005-12-14  9:30           ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-09 10:28 ` Han-Wen Nienhuys [this message]
2005-11-09 16:28   ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-09 18:36     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2005-11-09 21:11     ` Kevin Ryde
2005-11-09 22:45       ` Marius Vollmer
2005-11-10 12:11         ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2005-11-10  9:47       ` [PATCH] Reference leak in `iprin1 ()' Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-12  9:23         ` Neil Jerram
2005-11-14  9:58           ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-16 21:18             ` Neil Jerram
2005-11-17  9:54               ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-17 18:52                 ` Neil Jerram
2005-11-23 10:19     ` [PATCH] Marking weak alist vectors, #2 Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-24  0:59       ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2005-11-24  9:01         ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-26  0:49       ` Kevin Ryde
2006-01-09 14:51       ` [PATCH] Marking weak alist vectors, epilogue Ludovic Courtès
2006-01-09 19:29         ` Neil Jerram
2006-01-10  8:21           ` Ludovic Courtès
2006-01-10  9:33             ` Neil Jerram
2006-01-10 15:43               ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-17 13:21 ` [PATCH] Fixing `gc-live-object-stats' Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-17 14:12   ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2005-11-30  8:54   ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-11-30 23:45     ` Han-Wen Nienhuys
2005-12-03 19:31       ` Neil Jerram
2005-12-05  8:50         ` Ludovic Courtès
2005-12-06 19:14           ` Neil Jerram

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