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Re: Is there any possible memory leak in GC?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Is there any possible memory leak in GC? |
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Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:36:47 -0500 |
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> After watching the use of `cons_free_list', I am confused about it.
> `cons_free_list' holds the unmarked cons cells during GC sweeping.
> When `cons' creates new cons cells, it picks any ones in
> `cons_free_list' if possible. But each time when sweeping happens,
> `cons_free_list' is reset to 0, and its previous value is lost. Since
> GC can run at any time with `garbage-collect', will this lead to
> memory leak or not?
No, it should not lead to any leak because it will find all the cells
that were still on the cons_free_list and add them back, while sweeping
the cons blocks.
Stefan