Re: GC question

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > address@hidden writes:
> >> How are grobs created by make_item from within perfomers protected
> >> from GC?  I couldn't find any container object which calls their
> >> mark_smob function.  (I'm rather tired right now, so I suspect I am
> >> overlooking something very simple.)
> >
> > Have a look at the smobify_self() function. (ly-smobs.hh/icc)
> 
> I understand.  My mind hasn't been working very well, I am afraid.
> How do these grobs get garbage collected once we are done with them?

 System::typeset_grob() unprotects them, and the grobs perish with the
 System.

> (address@hidden)

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