From: shibata.hiroshi@...
Date: 2014-06-04T02:44:35+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:62929] [ruby-trunk - Feature #9894] [Closed] [RFC] README.EXT: document rb_gc_register_mark_object

Issue #9894 has been updated by Hiroshi SHIBATA.

Status changed from Open to Closed

duprecated #9893

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Feature #9894: [RFC] README.EXT: document rb_gc_register_mark_object
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/9894#change-47031

* Author: Eric Wong
* Status: Closed
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Category: 
* Target version: 
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 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



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