Bruce Korb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>   There are also a few magic values stuffed into memory before a
> symbol's characters, but you don't want to know about those.  What
> cruft!

That para sounds a bit unnecessary, doesn't it :).

>   Note that `SCM_VECTOR_BASE', `SCM_STRING_CHARS' and
> `SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS' return pointers to data within the respective
> object.  Care must be taken that the object is not garbage collected
> while that data is still being accessed.  This is the same as for a
> smob, *Note Remembering During Operations::.

Not sure if that's true any more either.  Is the "remembering"
protection enough now?


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