Is making bytestring from pointer adds the pointer to GC?
> (define x (malloc 'raw 10))
> x
#<cpointer>
> (define b (make-sized-byte-string x 10))
> (cpointer-gcable? b)
#t
> (cpointer-gcable? x)
#f
> (cast x _pointer _int32)
173726656
> (cast b _pointer _int32)
173726656
So b and x points to the same block of 10 bytes, but value of b is GCable and
value of x is not.
I assume, that when b will be changed, then the bytestring will be collected
and accessing x will give segfault. Am I right?
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Roman Klochkov
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