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comparison src/data.c @ 456:e7ef97881643 r21-2-43
Import from CVS: tag r21-2-43
| author | cvs |
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| date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:41:24 +0200 |
| parents | 3d3049ae1304 |
| children | c33ae14dd6d0 |
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| 1941 | 1941 |
| 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 |