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changeset 64602:cf0f927b0ecc
(Garbage Collection): Clarify previous change.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:58:15 +0000 |
| parents | a0a53728d812 |
| children | f88a63e3e841 |
| files | lispref/internals.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/internals.texi Fri Jul 22 18:53:02 2005 +0000 +++ b/lispref/internals.texi Fri Jul 22 22:58:15 2005 +0000 @@ -369,15 +369,14 @@ @end defopt @defopt gc-cons-percentage -The value of this variable is the minimum portion of the heap that -should be allocated before a garbage collection takes place. It is -used only if the specified size is larger than -@code{gc-cons-threshold}. +The value of this variable specifies the amount of consing before a +garbage collection occurs, as a fraction of the current heap size. +This criterion and @code{gc-cons-threshold} apply in parallel, and +garbage collection occurs only when both criteria are satisfied. As the heap size increases, the time to perform a garbage collection -increases, so in order to compensate, this variable tries to -correspondingly reduce the frequency of collection by letting Emacs -allocate more memory between each collection. +increases. Thus, it can be desirable to do them less frequently in +proportion. @end defopt The value returned by @code{garbage-collect} describes the amount of