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Re: Controlling the garbage collector?
From: |
Bobby D. Bryant |
Subject: |
Re: Controlling the garbage collector? |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:03:30 +0600 |
Gary Wong wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 07:22:28PM +0600, Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> > Or is it possible to set up data spaces that are exempt from
> > examination by the garbage collector?
>
> Yes. It sounds like scm_protect_object() is what you're looking for. I'm
> not familiar with the Ada bindings, but in C, you would do something like:
> ...
> s = some_object_which_must_not_be_GCed;
>
> scm_protect_object( s );
That looks like it will do the trick.
Thanks,
Bobby Bryant
Austin, Texas