Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-26 Thread Andy Wingo
On Tue 25 Oct 2011 22:34, Whitlock, Bradley D bradley.d.whitl...@lmco.com writes: scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (free, s, SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY); You can write this as scm_dynwind_free (s), FWIW. Otherwise I didn't see the problem. `s' is not managed by the GC, so the GC shouldn't have much

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-26 Thread Whitlock, Bradley D
; } Thanks, Brad -Original Message- From: Andy Wingo [mailto:wi...@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 2:39 AM To: Whitlock, Bradley D Cc: guile-user@gnu.org Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question On Tue 25 Oct 2011 22:34, Whitlock, Bradley D bradley.d.whitl

Re: EXTERNAL: Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-26 Thread rixed
{ // Storage for temporary string char* s = NULL; scm_dynwind_begin (0); s = scm_to_locale_string (scm_val); fstWriterEmitValueChange(SCM_TO_CTX (scm_ctx), SCM_TO_FSTHANDLE (scm_fsthandle), s); scm_dynwind_free (s);

Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-26 Thread rixed
Now that I've replied to your last message, I think I've spotted the bug: -[ Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 08:34:23PM +, Whitlock, Bradley D ] { // Storage for temporary string char* s = NULL; scm_dynwind_begin (0); scm_dynwind_unwind_handler (free, s, SCM_F_WIND_EXPLICITLY); s =

Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-25 Thread Whitlock, Bradley D
I have built Guile 1.8.8.2 on MinGW. I have wrapped some gtkwave code with Guile and have a memory issue. The following code apparently never frees 's', but I am not sure why. SCM_DEFINE (libguile_fst_writer_emit_value, libguile-fst-writer-emit-value, 3,0,0,

RE: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-25 Thread Whitlock, Bradley D
); return SCM_UNSPECIFIED; } -Brad From: Whitlock, Bradley D Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:34 PM To: 'guile-user@gnu.org' Subject: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question I have built Guile 1.8.8.2 on MinGW. I have wrapped some gtkwave code with Guile and have a memory issue. The following

Re: Guile 1.8 Garbage Collection Question

2011-10-25 Thread Cedric Cellier
I cant see anything wrong with your function, so I suspect there is something wrong with the function you pass your string to. Maybe it's trying to write into s but does write out of bounds insead, damaging the heap ?? Note: it is my understanding that s is allocated on C's heap and so will not