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(Pure Storage): Mention the pure overflow message at startup.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 05 May 2006 12:58:42 +0000 |
| parents | 067115a6e738 |
| children | f7aff7b6d4af |
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| 153 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the | 153 Pure storage is allocated only while @file{temacs} is loading the |
| 154 standard preloaded Lisp libraries. In the file @file{emacs}, it is | 154 standard preloaded Lisp libraries. In the file @file{emacs}, it is |
| 155 marked as read-only (on operating systems that permit this), so that | 155 marked as read-only (on operating systems that permit this), so that |
| 156 the memory space can be shared by all the Emacs jobs running on the | 156 the memory space can be shared by all the Emacs jobs running on the |
| 157 machine at once. Pure storage is not expandable; a fixed amount is | 157 machine at once. Pure storage is not expandable; a fixed amount is |
| 158 allocated when Emacs is compiled, and if that is not sufficient for the | 158 allocated when Emacs is compiled, and if that is not sufficient for |
| 159 preloaded libraries, @file{temacs} crashes. If that happens, you must | 159 the preloaded libraries, @file{temacs} allocates dynamic memory for |
| 160 increase the compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file | 160 the part that didn't fit. If that happens, you should increase the |
| 161 @file{src/puresize.h}. This normally won't happen unless you try to | 161 compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file |
| 162 preload additional libraries or add features to the standard ones. | 162 @file{src/puresize.h} and rebuild Emacs, even though the resulting |
| 163 image will work. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you | |
| 164 try to preload additional libraries or add features to the standard | |
| 165 ones. Emacs will display a warning about the overflow when it | |
| 166 starts. | |
| 163 | 167 |
| 164 @defun purecopy object | 168 @defun purecopy object |
| 165 This function makes a copy in pure storage of @var{object}, and returns | 169 This function makes a copy in pure storage of @var{object}, and returns |
| 166 it. It copies a string by simply making a new string with the same | 170 it. It copies a string by simply making a new string with the same |
| 167 characters, but without text properties, in pure storage. It | 171 characters, but without text properties, in pure storage. It |