From 2003532193f74648fd709e36efe1bd83fdd66473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Monnier Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 12:00:51 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (gc_sweep): Add comment. --- src/alloc.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/alloc.c b/src/alloc.c index 83007657e20..eba9d867c8c 100644 --- a/src/alloc.c +++ b/src/alloc.c @@ -4774,6 +4774,9 @@ gc_sweep () for (; sym < end; ++sym) { + /* Check if the symbol was created during loadup. In such a case + it might be pointed to by pure bytecode which we don't trace, + so we conservatively assume that it is live. */ int pure_p = PURE_POINTER_P (sym->name); if (!XMARKBIT (sym->plist) && !pure_p) -- 2.39.5