Re: MPS: User GC customizations

[Gerd Möllmann]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann@gmail.com>
>> Cc: pipcet@protonmail.com,  yantar92@posteo.net,  emacs-devel@gnu.org,
>>   eller.helmut@gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:28:23 +0200
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> > IOW, let me turn the table and ask what does "idleness" have to do
>> > with this variable?
>> 
>> Simple. Because this person here, a long time ago, idly put
>> mps_arena_step where it is, when writing igc_on_idle, and made Emacs call
>> that when idle.
>
> Then it follows that "we" cause the to begin when Emacs is idle, and
> "we" tell MPS that it is kindly requested not to spend more than
> igc-step-interval seconds doing GC before it returns, when we trigger
> GC via mps_arena_step.  Right?

We give MPS the chance to to work it wants to, right.