[xemacs-hg @ 2005-05-15 16:37:52 by crestani] New allocator improvements lisp/ChangeLog addition: 2005-05-15 Marcus Crestani <crestani@xemacs.org> * diagnose.el: Lrecord and string data statistics. * diagnose.el (show-memory-usage): Add output for additional lrecord statistics (currently only string data). * diagnose.el (show-lrecord-stats): New. Print detailed lrecord statistics. src/ChangeLog addition: 2005-05-15 Marcus Crestani <crestani@xemacs.org> * alloc.c: Add string data statistics. * alloc.c (dec_lrecord_stats): Use size of lrecord for statistics and cons counter bookkeeping. * alloc.c (finalize_string): Add string data statistics. * alloc.c (make_uninit_string): Add string data statistics. * alloc.c (make_string_nocopy): Add string data statistics. * alloc.c (kkcc_marking): Move break out of #ifdef. * alloc.c (Flrecord_stats): New. Collect lrecord statistics. * alloc.c (Fgarbage_collect): Use Flrecord_stats. * alloc.c (syms_of_alloc): Add Flrecord_stats. * dumper.c: Fix hash table. * dumper.c (pdump_make_hash): Fix hash table. * dumper.c (pdump_get_mc_addr): Fix hash table. * dumper.c (pdump_put_mc_addr): Fix hash table. * dumper.c (pdump_reloc_one_mc): Fix indentation. * dumper.c (pdump_load_finish): Add lrecord statistics bookkeeping. * lrecord.h: Add string data statistics. * mc-alloc.c (remove_cell): Lrecord statistics, fix indentation. * mule-charset.c: Marking through *_unicode_description not needed. * symbols.c (init_symbols_once_early): Bump lrecord statistics. * window.c: Marking through line_start_cache not needed. * xemacs.def.in.in: Fix typo.

This directory contains a number of XEmacs dynamic modules.  These
modules can be loaded directly with the command 'M-x load-module'.
However, the preferred method of loading a module is to issue a
"(require 'module-name)" command to the Lisp interpreter.  This will
store information so that a later "(unload-feature 'module-name)" can
succeed.

To compile one of these modules, simply enter the desired directory,
type 'configure', and then 'make'.  If you are building the module for
an installed XEmacs, then 'make install' will place the module in the
appropriate directory for XEmacs to find it later (assuming you have
permission to write to that directory).  A subsequent 'load-module' or
'require' will then load the module, as described above.

Each of these demonstrates different features and limitations of the
XEmacs module loading technology.  For a complete discussion on XEmacs
dynamic modules, please consult the XEmacs Module Writers Guide, which
can be found in the ../info directory.

For those wanting to get started with module writing, please see the
'sample' directory.  It contains two subdirectories: internal and
external.  The 'internal' subdirectory contains the framework needed to
migrate some core piece of XEmacs functionality into code that can
either be compiled into the core or built as a separate module.  The
'external' subdirectory contains the somewhat simpler framework needed
to build a module separately from XEmacs.  These should be considered
starting places for module writing.