In message < 19991010103257A.mitchell@codesourcery.com >you write: > > There turn out to be a lot of places we create SYMBOL_REFs with > non-GCable strings. Tsk, tsk. Yup. I've been wanting to tackle this, but haven't had the time. It's probably the biggest issue I currently can see with the GC code. Good to see that I'm not alone in worrying about this issue. jeff