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Re: 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc


From: Han-Wen Nienhuys
Subject: Re: 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:15:40 +0200

address@hidden writes:
> Hello,
> 
> although I have to admit that I have not looked into those specific test
> cases myself I would like to point out the following:  Some UNRESOLVED
> issues may be due to guile's garbage collection:  You can not guarantee
> that something gets collected, although you expect it to.  The reason is
> that guile scans the C execution stack for potential references to
> objects.  Some non-SCM values may irritate the gc and keep objects from
> being collected.  The two cases below might belong to such a category.
> Probably we should clarify this issue in the names of the test cases.

I believe that the error is that the object is in fact collected, when
it should not have been. At least, that's what I gather from the message.


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