# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1051149671 0 # Node ID 53295bd2ddbeccfc8e48a35fd6d66f8b666a1035 # Parent d7f4806501282a7172acd1214b3b302bfc93c9ac (Writing Emacs Primitives): Clarify previous change. diff -r d7f480650128 -r 53295bd2ddbe lispref/internals.texi --- a/lispref/internals.texi Thu Apr 24 02:00:09 2003 +0000 +++ b/lispref/internals.texi Thu Apr 24 02:01:11 2003 +0000 @@ -593,8 +593,9 @@ accept two arguments at the C level: the number of Lisp arguments, and a @code{Lisp_Object *} pointer to a C vector containing those Lisp arguments. This C vector may be part of a Lisp vector, but it need -not be. The responsibility for protecting the Lisp arguments from GC -rests with the caller in this case. +not be. The responsibility for using GCPRO to protecting the Lisp +arguments from GC if necessary rests with the caller in this case, +since the caller allocated or found the storage for them. You must not use C initializers for static or global variables unless the variables are never written once Emacs is dumped. These variables