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Re: How and when to use GCPRO?


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: How and when to use GCPRO?
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:07:02 -0500

There is a simple general rule for which Emacs C functions can GC:
those that can directly or indirectly call eval.  To make Fcar call
eval would be a rather shocking and drastic change.  There is no need
to take precautions today against the possibility of such a drastic
change in the future.


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Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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