Re: frames vs. weak hash tables and garbage collection

[Stefan Monnier]

The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to gnu.emacs.bug as well.

> Can you try  stepping thru the function sweep_weak_table
> when it operates on this hash table, and see what it does
> when it gets to this line

>         int key_known_to_survive_p = survives_gc_p (HASH_KEY (h, i));

> and following lines?

Please check the gnu.emacs.bug newsgroup (apparently the gateway to the
mailing-list isn't working right) where I explained the cause of the problem:
basically it's kept alive by the "recent input events" array and the
`values' variable.


        Stefan