(Fgarbage_collect): Return number of live and free strings. (mark_buffer): Remove code in #if 0. (gc_sweep): Ditto. (UNMARK_BALANCE_INTERVALS): Give the macro statement form. (strings_consed): New variable. (allocate_string): Set it. (syms_of_alloc): Add DEFVAR_INT for strings_consed. (Fmemory_use_counts): Return strings_consed. Use Flist. General cleanup in comments etc. Remove conditional compilation for `standalone'. (MARK_STRING, UNMARK_STRING, STRING_MARKED_P): (GC_STRING_BYTES, GC_STRING_CHARS): New macros. (DONT_COPY_FLAG): Removed. (SBLOCK_SIZE, LARGE_STRING_BYTES): New macros. (struct sdata, struct sblock): New (struct string_block): Rewritten. (STRINGS_IN_STRING_BLOCK): New macro. (oldest_sblock, current_sblock, total_strings, total_free_strings) (large_sblocks, string_blocks, string_free_list): New variables. (NEXT_FREE_LISP_STRING, SDATA_OF_STRING, SDATA_SIZE): New macros. (init_strings): Rewritten. (allocate_string, allocate_string_data, compact_small_strings) (free_large_strings, sweep_strings): New functions. (STRING_BLOCK_SIZE, STRING_BLOCK_OUTSIZE) (struct string_block_head, current_string_block) (first_string_block, large_string_blocks, STRING_FULLSIZE) (STRING_PAD): Removed. (make_uninit_multibyte_string, make_pure_string): Rewritten. (Fgarbage_collect): Don't set mark bit in large strings. (mark_object): Mark strings differently. Mark symbol names differently. (survives_gc_p): Test marked strings differently. (gc_sweep): Sweep strings differently, unmark strings in symbol names. (compact_strings): Removed.