Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file

[Ken Raeburn]

> On Dec 15, 2016, at 11:04, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> From: Ken Raeburn <address@hidden>
>> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 07:57:09 -0500
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> 
>>> How about binding it to a higher value for loadup?
>> 
>> That may be good enough.  But GC will probably kick in right after we set it 
>> back
> 
> AFAIK, just setting the GC threshold doesn't automatically invoke GC,
> you need do something that calls maybe_gc.

Right, but if we’re not following it up with evaluating another form from 
dumped.elc (eval_sub can invoke GC) or invoking some compiled routine (branch 
operations can invoke GC), then we’re probably ready to check for availability 
of user input (which can invoke GC).