On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Nathan Froyd <froy...@codesourcery.com> wrote: > On 05/15/2011 08:49 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: >> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Nicola Pero >> <nicola.p...@meta-innovation.com> wrote: >>> This patch adds a new GTY option, "atomic", which is similar to the >>> identical option you have with Boehm GC >>> and which can be used with pointers to inform the GC/PCH machinery that >>> they point to an area of memory that >> [...] >>> This patch basically implements it, but at this stage requires you to >>> explicitly tell gengtype that the >>> pointer is atomic (and that is safe for gengtype to ignore the memory it >>> points to). >> >> then should you not name the attribute "ignore"? > > Or even the existing attribute "skip"?
better, indeed. :-) -- Gaby
