From: "Iñaki Baz Castillo" <ibc@...>
Date: 2012-05-18T02:51:57+09:00
Subject: Re: rb_gc_register_address() or rb_gc_mark()?

Ok, I'll symplify my question, which basically is:  WHAT is
rb_gc_mark() for? I see two options:


1) rb_gc_mark(VALUE object) means that "object" will NEVER be GC'd by Ruby.

This is what I understand from here (point 1):

  http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/147514


2) rb_gc_mark(VALUE object) is *required* for telling Ruby to GC
"object" (which is stored within our wrapped DATA struct) when the
owner Ruby object is GC'd.

  This is what I understand from here:

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/970525/u-ruby-extensions-rb-gc-mark-and-instance-variables


So basically, what does "mark" mean??

Thanks a log. I'm getting crazy.



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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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