Re: GC and file descriptors (and external resources.in general, I guess)

[Michael Livshin]

Dirk Herrmann <address@hidden> writes:

> Another problem with lazy sweep is, that if gc is triggered because of
> scm_must_malloc, then a lazy sweep won't help:  To be sure that all
> available memory for scm_must_malloc has been freed you would also have to
> first finish the sweep completely (unlazily), then see if enough memory is
> available for the mallocing, and if not, do a gc with a full sweep
> again.

yes, _exactly_ the same as with file descriptors.

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