Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Aidan Kehoe <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:05:32 +0200
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
>  > >  > As far as I know, the GCPRO convention for arguments is mostly the
>  > >  > following:
>  > >  > 
>  > >  > GCPRO args you pass to functions iff those functions can GC and you
>  > >  > need to use the arg after the function returns.
>  > > 
>  > > Okay. Do you know of any document detailing that?
>  > 
>  > Does the excerpt below from the Lisp manual answer your concerns?
> 
> It read ambiguously to me. ``Any Lisp object that you intend to refer to
> again'' could be one that you intend to refer to in the bodies of the
> functions you call.

Can someone in the know (Richard?) state a clear rule?  I think the
ELisp manual should be unequivocal about the GCPRO issue.