Re: how to correctly define using scm_define ?

[Marius Vollmer]

Tano Fotang <address@hidden> writes:

> So I decide to skip scm_define and just do:
>
>     tt = proc;

This is the correct way.  scm_define is for defining new global Scheme
variables.  See

    
http://www-dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~mvo/guile.html/Accessing-Modules-from-C.html

> That appears okay until  the following line is seen some minutes later:
>
>     scm_apply_0(tt, args)
>
> then this error is displayed:
>
> wrong-type-arg: [apply] Wrong type argument in position 1: #<freed
> cell 0x406303b0; GC missed a reference>
>
> I'd be glad for any pointers on how to proceed.

You need to 'protect' the SCM value stored into a global C variable.
Otherwise, the garbage collector might not know that it is in use and
will free that SCM value.  See

    
http://www-dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~mvo/guile.html/Garbage-Collection-Functions.html

and more generally

    
http://www-dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de/~mvo/guile.html/Garbage-Collection.html

The functions scm_gc_protect and scm_gc_unprotect are likely what you
want:

    SCM tt;

    void
    set_tt (SCM proc)
    {
      scm_gc_unprotect (tt);
      tt = proc;
      scm_gc_protect (tt);
    }

There is also scm_gc_register_root, but it is not documented yet...