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bug#20907: [PATCH] Manual bug for scm_gc_protect_object
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Mike Gran |
Subject: |
bug#20907: [PATCH] Manual bug for scm_gc_protect_object |
Date: |
Wed, 2 Sep 2015 18:34:28 +0000 (UTC) |
On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 11:06 AM, Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:
>Would it help to replace all uses of the term "scan" with "mark", in
>connection with garbage collection? In the papers I've read on GC,
>"mark" is the word I usually see, and it seems much clearer to me,
>because anyone who knows the basics of GC knows that "marking" is needed
>to prevent an object from being freed, whereas "scanning" could mean
>anything.
That would help, I think. I guess I was associating "scan" with
the "sweep" part of mark and sweep.
Thanks very much for the clarification.
Mike