From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Support for (system '("echo" "foo" "bar")) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:22 -0500 Organization: What did you have in mind? A short, blunt, human pyramid? Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87ad7l9i8h.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87u15qpjwk.fsf@zip.com.au> <877k2mgdjs.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87d6cde1tr.fsf@raven.i.defaultvalue.org> <87oevxb1uy.fsf@zip.com.au> <87znfh9l6v.fsf@zip.com.au> <87vfq59iyf.fsf@zip.com.au> <877k2l9g4c.fsf@zip.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067641236 27187 80.91.224.253 (31 Oct 2003 23:00:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:00:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 01 00:00:33 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AFiFt-0006D6-00 for ; Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFiFQ-0007jP-Dk for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:00:04 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AFiFK-0007iz-O6 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:58 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AFiEo-0007aF-3D for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [129.22.104.63] (helo=harris.CNS.CWRU.Edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AFiEm-0007a4-Hy for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:24 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.smtp-a.cwru.edu by smtp-a.cwru.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) id <0HNN0090196PN1@smtp-a.cwru.edu> for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:23 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from multivac.cwru.edu (multivac.ITS.CWRU.Edu [129.22.114.26]) by smtp-a.cwru.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with SMTP id <0HNN006KM96ZND@smtp-a.cwru.edu> for guile-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:59:23 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (qmail 22488 invoked by uid 500); Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:59:45 +0000 In-reply-to: <877k2l9g4c.fsf@zip.com.au> Original-To: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-followup-to: guile-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Original-Lines: 13 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2956 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel:2956 Kevin Ryde wrote: > prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes: >> At some level, the child has to allocate the argv array that will be >> passed to execve(). > > Could do that in the parent, where any gc is certain to be safe. True, but is it worth the effort? What's the benefit supposed to be? And how sure are we that nothing else could trigger garbage collection (signal handlers, maybe)? paul _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel