Re: GC + Java finalization

[Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide]

Jonas Hahnfeld via "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" 
<guile-devel@gnu.org> writes:

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> Am Sonntag, dem 10.10.2021 um 18:22 +0200 schrieb Jonas Hahnfeld via
> Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library:
>> Am Donnerstag, dem 15.07.2021 um 20:44 +0200 schrieb Jonas Hahnfeld via
>> Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library:
>> > Am Samstag, dem 03.07.2021 um 14:05 +0200 schrieb Jonas Hahnfeld via
>> > Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library:
>> > > Hi Guile devs,
>> > > 
>> > > I'm hacking on GNU LilyPond and recently wondered if Guile could run
>> > > without Java finalization that prevents collection of chains of
>> > > unreachable objects. I found that the functionality is only needed once
>> > > the first guardian is created, so it's possible to delay enabling the
>> > > mode until then. This required some fixes to free functions that
>> > > assumed dependent objects to be freed only later (see first two
>> > > patches).
>> > > The third patch delays ensuring Java finalization to scm_make_guardian,
>> > > but doesn't disable it explicitly (it's on by default in bdwgc). This
>> > > could now be done right after GC_INIT(), but it's not clear (at least
>> > > to me) whether client applications actually rely it, so I think it's
>> > > better if that's not done in Guile itself.
>> > > 
>> > > Please consider applying, the fixes potentially also to stable-2.2.
>> > 
>> > I didn't receive other comments than those by Maxime, so here is an
>> > updated version of the first patch.
>> 
>> Ping, is there anybody looking at patches sent to the mailing list?
>
> Last ping before I give up...

Did someone now look into the patches?

Best wishes,
Arne
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