Re: [Chicken-users] A more detailed plea for help with FFI...

[felix winkelmann]

On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 10:25:26 -0500, Ed Watkeys <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Is it more appropriate to rely on GC or use macros to make this sort of
> thing convenient? There's a subject for heated discussion over drinks!

Absolutely.

> 
> Is your "use finalizers conservatively" policy about performance or
> correctness? (That's not necessarily an either-or question.)
> 

Both. Note that I'm not dogmatic about this. Use finalizers when they fit
the job, but excessive use of them will decrease performance (chicken-specific)
and can lead to ugly, hard to find bugs (not chicken-specific).


cheers,
felix