Re: What normally causes "GC missed a reference"?

[Michael Livshin]

Rob Browning <address@hidden> writes:

> Anyway here is the most typical error message, but they can vary.  I
> was hoping someone might know the most likely cause so I can narrow my
> search.  Also any ideas about the easiest way to track this down would
> be welcome.
> 
>   /opt/gnucash/share/gnucash/scm/report.scm:56:18: In procedure 
> gnc:report-window in expression (gnc:report-window rept):
>   /opt/gnucash/share/gnucash/scm/report.scm:56:18: Wrong type argument in 
> position 2: #<freed cell 0x40d6d158; GC missed a reference>

the most likely cause is a failure to mark something that is
referenced by a smob.  so check you smob mark functions.

to ease the hunting, try compiling your guile with
-DGUILE_DEBUG_FREELIST and calling (gc-set-debug-check-freelist! #t)
somewhere before the errorring place.  you want to call it as late as
possible, as what it does is GC before each cons.

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