Mercurial > emacs
changeset 71077:e610fb70748a
(Pure Storage): Mention that an overflow in pure
space causes a memory leak.
(Garbage Collection): If there was an overflow in pure space,
`garbage-collect' returns nil.
| author | Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 29 May 2006 22:26:25 +0000 |
| parents | 495e2dcf9392 |
| children | e917fe503f6c |
| files | lispref/internals.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/internals.texi Mon May 29 22:23:38 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/internals.texi Mon May 29 22:26:25 2006 +0000 @@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ the part that didn't fit. If that happens, you should increase the compilation parameter @code{PURESIZE} in the file @file{src/puresize.h} and rebuild Emacs, even though the resulting -image will work. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you +image will work: garbage collection is disabled in this situation, +causing a memory leak. Such an overflow normally won't happen unless you try to preload additional libraries or add features to the standard ones. Emacs will display a warning about the overflow when it starts. @@ -348,6 +349,10 @@ object consists of a header and the storage for the string text itself; the latter is only allocated when the string is created.) @end table + +If there was overflow in pure space (see the previous section), +@code{garbage-collect} returns @code{nil}, because a real garbage +collection can not be done in this situation. @end deffn @defopt garbage-collection-messages