Re: Custom allocation of cells

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

> If there is a cheaper way (very possible), then we should use it to
> implement scm_cell.

Sure.  But an having the ability to implement an application-specific,
Guile-compatible, cell allocation method would be nice, no matter how
well `scm_cell ()' performs.

> Hmm, without knowning any details, my first thought is that you might
> need to invent a new calling convention that does not not to call
> scm_cell if you want to avoid scm_cell.

Indeed, this is what Guile-VM already does for calls to compiled code.
The problem arises for calls to regular Guile procedures (so it doesn't
hurt that much).

Thanks,
Ludovic.