"David & Lisa Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From what I could tell, it looks like Dan put it in there as a
> potential GC hook when allocating the header of a string or PMC (see
> resources.c). My guess is that he is planning to fire off the GC
> from the interpreter.
>
> If that is the case and we need it back, let me know and I'll
> restore it.
>
> Has the scope of the GC been determined yet? By this I mean will it
> only be managing PMC and STRING objects or will be used for all
> memory allocations?
If my understanding of continuations is correct then they're going to
be *so* much easier to implement if everything gets allocated from via
GC.
--
Piers
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
-- Jane Austen?