On 8/16/05, Bardur Arantsson <spam@scientician.net> wrote:
> Jonathan Roewen wrote:
> >
> > Now my question is, since my Thread.t is abstract, once I pass my
> > value to my Thread.create, there'll soon be nothing referencing the
> > closure for the thread that's visible by the GC.
> >
> > If I'm correct, the GC would then be allowed to reclaim this closure.
> > So how do I stop the GC from doing that?
> >
> 
> register_global_root (or as some others would say: RTFM).

One thing that the FM doesn't mention is how expensive it is to
register a global root.  Can I register thousands of them or will
there be performance problems?

Cheers,
-n8

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