Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r109327: Generalize INTERNAL_FIELD between buffers, keyboards and frames.

[Dmitry Antipov]

On 08/04/2012 08:31 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:

> On 08/03/2012 03:52 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > >    return frame_buffer_list (XFRAME (frame));
> > And then we have to remember that it's a "trivial" function that
> > can't GC?
>
> I can see disliking "frame_buffer_list (FOO)" (as opposed
> to "FOO->buffer_list") on length grounds, but I don't understand
> disliking it on GC grounds.  The Emacs internals have
> lots of functions that don't call the GC; having some
> more shouldn't make that much difference one way or another.

I believe that one of the goals for new GC should be the possibility
to run from almost any context, with a few exceptions like signal handlers.

Dmitry