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Import from CVS: tag r21-2-43
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:41:24 +0200 |
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1942 DEFUN ("make-weak-list", Fmake_weak_list, 0, 1, 0, /* | 1942 DEFUN ("make-weak-list", Fmake_weak_list, 0, 1, 0, /* |
1943 Return a new weak list object of type TYPE. | 1943 Return a new weak list object of type TYPE. |
1944 A weak list object is an object that contains a list. This list behaves | 1944 A weak list object is an object that contains a list. This list behaves |
1945 like any other list except that its elements do not count towards | 1945 like any other list except that its elements do not count towards |
1946 garbage collection -- if the only pointer to an object in inside a weak | 1946 garbage collection -- if the only pointer to an object is inside a weak |
1947 list (other than pointers in similar objects such as weak hash tables), | 1947 list (other than pointers in similar objects such as weak hash tables), |
1948 the object is garbage collected and automatically removed from the list. | 1948 the object is garbage collected and automatically removed from the list. |
1949 This is used internally, for example, to manage the list holding the | 1949 This is used internally, for example, to manage the list holding the |
1950 children of an extent -- an extent that is unused but has a parent will | 1950 children of an extent -- an extent that is unused but has a parent will |
1951 still be reclaimed, and will automatically be removed from its parent's | 1951 still be reclaimed, and will automatically be removed from its parent's |