Re: [dev-serveez] guile gc

[Martin Grabmueller]

> From: stefan <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:18:03 +0200 (CEST)
> 
> I just added an additional gc marker function to the svz-socket
> smobs in order to inform guile about a possible SCM reference in
> sock->data. Is that correct ?

I didn't look at it, but all SCM references which are still to be used
must be rotected from GC, either by providing a masrking function, or
by statically adding them to the set of protected objects.  The former
method is encouraged.

> If this is, then I wonder if we should mark all the callbacks referred by
> servertypes, servers and sockets, too. Does guile also delete these
> functions if not referred anymore ?

If there are no other references, they need to be protected, yes.

> Can this (unreferenced procedure) happen at all ?

No problem:

(define id (lambda (x) x))
(set! id #f)

... and the function created by the lambda above may be safely
reclaimed by the GC.