Maybe I wasn't clear enough, sorry.

> Suppose you have this definition in a module
>
> let x = (1.0, 2.0)

and this one

let f () = x

You cannot garbage collect x since at any time function f may be 
called. For example

  at_exit (fun () -> Gc.full_major; ignore (f ())) ;;

Daniel

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