Re: cell heap usage in 1.8 vs 1.6

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hey,

Kevin Ryde <address@hidden> writes:

> Ah yes, it's better there.

As good as 1.6?

> What bit is the operative fix?

I couldn't find exactly.  The ChangeLog entry on 2006-01-04 gives some
hints about functions to look at.  There's also this post:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-devel/2005-12/msg00095.html .

> Both the per-freelist min_yield adjust and the counting in
> scm_i_sweep_all_segments look likely.  (Though it still all looks
> complicated, and sprayed around a dozen functions :-(

Hopefully removal of globals made it slightly simpler to follow...

Thanks,
Ludovic.