Re: static variables with scheme objects

[Paul Jarc]

sig <address@hidden> wrote:
> global_list =
> scm_permanent_object(scm_list_2(make_giant_smob1(),
>                                 make_giant_smob2()));
>
> make_giant_smob2() runs and creates a smob. Then
> make_giant_smob1() runs and it doesn't have enough memory to
> create it, so it runs the gc, which finds smob2 without
> references,

At this point, smob2 is referenced from the C stack, I think.  It's
only after init() completes that the static variable is the only
reference.  And if I'm right about that, then on second thought, even
another concurrent thread won't cause trouble.  I think.


paul