In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Neil Jerram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> guile-gnome (up to v. 2.7.98, most recent as of this writing) can >> call scm_gc_unprotect_object() during a scheme garbage collector >> sweep, which is a fatal error in guile-1.8. In earlier versions >> of guile, it is not a fatal error (but still, I think you're not >> supposed to do it.) > >Many thanks for this great analysis. > >It seems to me, though, that the same kind of situation, leading to >wanting to call scm_gc_unprotect_object during GC, is likely to arise >in any sufficiently complex application, and hence that we should >support this within Guile itself. > >(I'm not personally familiar with the GC code, but it may be that the >new restriction in 1.8 against doing this was not strongly intended, >but more of a shortcut that was then forgotten.) > >Can people more familiar with the GC code comment on whether this fix >is feasible?
No, MV thinks it's a bad idea, and I agree with him. See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.guile.devel/4117/focus=4160 _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel
