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Re: [PATCH] Configure GMP to use GC allocation functions, remove bignum


From: Andy Wingo
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Configure GMP to use GC allocation functions, remove bignum finalizers
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:57:31 +0100
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On Fri 02 Dec 2011 23:17, address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

>> For that reason I defaulted scm_install_gmp_memory_functions to 1.
>
>>> Could you make it SCM_INTERNAL instead of SCM_API?
>>
>> Sure, but you don't want to allow users to set it?
>
> I’d say no, because that will fail gracelessly if it gets set or cleared
> in the middle of a run, won’t it?

To use it, you have to set it before scm_init_numbers() runs, as that is
the only place it is checked.  So it should be OK.  We could define a
more procedural interface, if that's useful, but I punted.

Andy
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