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Re: Again: Guile + Boehm's gc
Clark McGrew <mcgrew@ale.physics.sunysb.edu> writes:
> If you stick an SCM into a global:
> [...]
> Or if you stick an SCM into a malloced structure:
These are valid uses of scm_protect and scm_unprotect. However, it is
possible to use these functions less frequently.
When protecting a global variable, you can allocate a cons cell
once, protect it, and then store your global value in the car or cdr
of the cell. This should be cheaper than calling scm_protect and
scm_unprotect for every change of the variable.
A malloced structure is probably best handled by defining a smob and
then writing an appropriate mark procedure.