Re: GC question

[Michael Welsh Duggan]

Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden writes:
>> Han-Wen Nienhuys  <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > address@hidden writes:
>> >> How are grobs created by make_item from within perfomers protected
>> >> from GC?  I couldn't find any container object which calls their
>> >> mark_smob function.  (I'm rather tired right now, so I suspect I am
>> >> overlooking something very simple.)
>> >
>> > Have a look at the smobify_self() function. (ly-smobs.hh/icc)
>> 
>> I understand.  My mind hasn't been working very well, I am afraid.
>> How do these grobs get garbage collected once we are done with them?
>
>  System::typeset_grob() unprotects them, and the grobs perish with the
>  System.

Thank you.  This is precisely what I was missing.

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Michael Welsh Duggan
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