Patch: gcj ggc patch
Per Bothner
per@bothner.com
Wed Mar 6 14:57:00 GMT 2002
Tom Tromey wrote:
> I don't really know whether this patch is necessary. I found other
> occurrences of ggc_add_tree_root in similar situations in jcf-write.c.
> And as far as I can tell these static variables weren't otherwise
> marked as roots.
>
> Is this required? If so, is it ok to commit?
From what I can tell: No, and no.
init_stringpool (in stringpool.c) marks the entire stringpool
hash table,
But it would be good to get an authoritative ruling:
Does an identifier node stashed in a global variable need
to be explicitly ggc-registerd?
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