From: Zachary Scott <e@...>
Date: 2014-05-30T20:04:25+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:62863] Re: [RFC] README.EXT: document	rb_gc_register_mark_object

Could you open a ticket and assign it to ko1?


On May 30, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:

> Any comment on officially supporting this as part of the C API?
> 
> diff --git a/README.EXT b/README.EXT
> index d66d6c5..dded850 100644
> --- a/README.EXT
> +++ b/README.EXT
> @@ -1176,6 +1176,12 @@ void rb_global_variable(VALUE *var)
> 
>   Tells GC to protect these variables.
> 
> +void rb_gc_register_mark_object(VALUE val)
> +
> +  Tells GC to protect the object referenced by val.  This requires less
> +  memory to track than rb_global_variable, but may only be used if the C
> +  variable never changes.
> +
> == Constant Definition
> 
> void rb_define_const(VALUE klass, const char *name, VALUE val) ::
> -- 
> Eric Wong