Marius Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Han-Wen Nienhuys) writes: > >> 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 > > Yep, and let me elaborate a bit: > > The pair scm_gc_protect_object / scm_gc_unprotect_object can be seen > as being Guile's way to implement reference counting for its objects, > maybe analogous to g_object_ref and g_object_unref for glib's > GObjects. This is true, of course: you can use it to implement > reference counting. However, it is not a good idea, as Guile offers a > better alternative with its mostly-precise mark/sweep garbage > collector.
So what do you propose, then, for the scenario that Gregory described? > Guile wants you to integrate your objects with its mark/sweep > approach, by providing appropriate smob marking functions, for > example. If I've understood correctly, this isn't possible in Gregory's scenario. (See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-gtk-general/2006-06/msg00013.html if you didn't see the whole description on guile-gtk-general already.) Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel
