Re: [PATCH] Configure GMP to use GC allocation functions, remove bignum finalizers

2011-11-28 Thread Andy Wingo
On Tue 29 Nov 2011 00:10, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Andy Wingo skribis: > >> On Sun 27 Nov 2011 22:25, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> >>> The problem is that this measurement doesn’t allow us to differentiate >>> between a growing heap with objects that may be freed as a

Re: [PATCH] Configure GMP to use GC allocation functions, remove bignum finalizers

2011-11-28 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Andy Wingo skribis: > On Sun 27 Nov 2011 22:25, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> The problem is that this measurement doesn’t allow us to differentiate >> between a growing heap with objects that may be freed as a result of >> running the GC, and a growing heap just because the applica

Re: [PATCH] Configure GMP to use GC allocation functions, remove bignum finalizers

2011-11-28 Thread Andy Wingo
On Sun 27 Nov 2011 22:25, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > The problem is that this measurement doesn’t allow us to differentiate > between a growing heap with objects that may be freed as a result of > running the GC, and a growing heap just because the application needs > more malloc’d o