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Re: 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc
From: |
Han-Wen Nienhuys |
Subject: |
Re: 1.5.8 "make check" on powerpc |
Date: |
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:15:40 +0200 |
address@hidden writes:
> Hello,
>
> although I have to admit that I have not looked into those specific test
> cases myself I would like to point out the following: Some UNRESOLVED
> issues may be due to guile's garbage collection: You can not guarantee
> that something gets collected, although you expect it to. The reason is
> that guile scans the C execution stack for potential references to
> objects. Some non-SCM values may irritate the gc and keep objects from
> being collected. The two cases below might belong to such a category.
> Probably we should clarify this issue in the names of the test cases.
I believe that the error is that the object is in fact collected, when
it should not have been. At least, that's what I gather from the message.
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Han-Wen Nienhuys | address@hidden | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen