Re: GDB-Guile vs. libgc 7.4 marker threads

Andy Wingo
2014-05-15T07:46:17Z

On Mon 12 May 2014 15:39, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-commits/2014-04/msg00051.html
>> Probably the GC_MARKERS hack linked above should be applied to GDB as
>> well. WDYT?
>
> If we are sure this solves the problem, IMO yes. But it would be nice
> to try to have a new libgc release that is free from this problem, if
> possible. Also, maybe we should document in the same comment what, if
> anything, does this restriction mean for GDB-Guile users.

I have asked for a new libgc release, but I have not gotten a response.
I will ask again.

Setting GC_MARKERS=1 is not visible to the user. There is no change in
functionality. Using multiple mark threads is purely an optimization.
So I don't think it needs to be documented.

Regards,

Andy
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