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| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2006-05-29 22:26:25 +0000 |
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| committer | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> | 2006-05-29 22:26:25 +0000 |
| commit | 361ed4fdba1a8b8ee47b7bd473161098942f0199 (patch) | |
| tree | 5608e5d7ef577b3d2433193e7845ffe49ae496a4 | |
| parent | 93fd6289fe1bbd8320d32fd162e9feb3f681e3f6 (diff) | |
(Pure Storage): Mention that an overflow in pure
space causes a memory leak.
(Garbage Collection): If there was an overflow in pure space,
`garbage-collect' returns nil.
| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/internals.texi | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/internals.texi b/lispref/internals.texi index bc35e21557..fa96687d1d 100644 --- a/lispref/internals.texi +++ b/lispref/internals.texi @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ the preloaded libraries, @file{temacs} allocates dynamic memory for the part that didn't fit. If that happens, you should increase the compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file @file{src/puresize.h} and rebuild Emacs, even though the resulting -image will work. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you +image will work: garbage collection is disabled in this situation, +causing a memory leak. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you try to preload additional libraries or add features to the standard ones. Emacs will display a warning about the overflow when it starts. @@ -348,6 +349,10 @@ operating system, but which are currently not in use. (A string object consists of a header and the storage for the string text itself; the latter is only allocated when the string is created.) @end table + +If there was overflow in pure space (see the previous section), +@code{garbage-collect} returns @code{nil}, because a real garbage +collection can not be done in this situation. @end deffn @defopt garbage-collection-messages |