Greetings! Stephen Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Gregory, > > Gregory Vanuxem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello Stephen and Camm, > > > > I'm particularly interested by this addition. Can it be considered as > > comparable to get-byte-consed in SBCL or CMUCL ? > > I do not belive so. IIRC get-bytes-consed returns an increasing > sequence of integers, effectively counting the number of allocations > performed. > > I was actually aiming for somthing similar, but due to my > inexperience with GCL's internals I clearly got something wrong. I > was using si::allocated as a guide. The sixth value is the number of > uses of the given type. Compare the following: > > >(si:allocated 'cons) > > 204399 > 819 > 819 > 512 > 0 > 4503032 > > >(si:total-bytes-allocated) > > 3296240 > > >(defvar *c* (make-list 10000)) > > *C* > > >(si:allocated 'cons) > > 194336 > 819 > 819 > 512 > 0 > 4513095 > > >(si:total-bytes-allocated) > > 3377336 > > >(setq *c* nil) > > NIL > > >(gbc t) > > T > > >(si:allocated 'cons) > > 204527 > 819 > 819 > 512 > 0 > 4513143 > > >(si:total-bytes-allocated) > > 3293360 > > > Notice how si::allocated is returning an increasing integer sequence > in its sixth value, whereas total-bytes-allocated is, as Camm > mentioned, a report commensurate with (room). > > > Camm, is it possible that tm_nused is providing the type of > information necessary to get an accurate picture of how much a > function is consing, predictably increasing even amidst gc's? > Yes it appears so. See also si::reset-number-used. I was confused as it would appear the proper variable name is tm_totalloc or somesuch. Take care, > Thanks, > Steve > > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Gcl-devel mailing list Gcl-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gcl-devel
