From 4fdb0ae2718f288b64a15fc4fa742e39b0cdd65a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikael Djurfeldt Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:31:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- libguile/ChangeLog | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/libguile/ChangeLog b/libguile/ChangeLog index 6ba99958c..ce4043137 100644 --- a/libguile/ChangeLog +++ b/libguile/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +2000-03-15 Mikael Djurfeldt + + * __scm.h (GUILE_NEW_GC_SCHEME): Define this if you want to test a + new way of allocating heap. It makes Guile fast, but still + contains bugs. + + * gc.c, gc.h, pairs.h, init.c: Implementation of a new way of + allocating heap. The basic idea is to trigger GC every Nth + allocated cell and grow heap when free list runs out. The scheme + has been extended so that GC isn't triggered until all remaining + cells are used. The implementation is also prepared for + development in the direction of POSIX threads. + + * gc.c (SCM_EXPHEAP): In order to grow by a factor of 1.5, + SCM_EXPHEAP should return half of the heap size. + 2000-03-14 Mikael Djurfeldt The following change to init.c is only enabled if Guile was