From: Thomas Sondergaard <thomas@...>
Date: 2003-10-08T22:28:58+09:00
Subject: Re: GC and the stack

> By whether a value points an object in the slots.  See
> gc.c:is_pointer_to_heap().

Okay. What if, in an extension, I have an integer on the stack that just
happens to contain a value that interpreted as a pointer points into a valid
point in the heap. Will that prevent the "pointed to" object from being
gc'ed?

Could you outline how the stack is processed? Is it just treated as a
continuous block of memory and scanned for dwords that "point" into the
heap?

Understanding this would be most helpful!

Thank you,

Thomas