Re: [RFC,PATCH] Do not GC_INIT the Boehm GC if already initialized

[Maxime Devos]

> [RFC,PATCH] Do not GC_INIT the Boehm GC if already initialized
On 06-02-2023 19:34, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
> Hello Guile hackers.
>
> We are in the process of integrating GNU poke[1] in GDB by mean of
> libpoke.
>
> Problem is, libpoke uses the Boehm GC, as guile does.  We are working on
> switching to an ad-hoc exact collector, but it will get some time.
>
> So, in the interim, we may:
>
> 1) Make both libguile and libpoke to do GC_INIT conditionally, only if
>     no one else has initialized the collector before.  This is already in
>     poke master.  A suggested (untested!) patch for guile below. > [...]

According to the Boehm GC documentation, this 'conditional 
initialisation' is unnecessary:

/* Portable clients should call this at the program start-up.  More   */
/* over, some platforms require this call to be done strictly from the*/
/* primordial thread.  **Multiple invocations are harmless.**         */
#define GC_INIT() [...]

(emphasis added).

Greetings,
Maxime

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