Hello,

Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:

> Is it possible to prevent the heap from being compacted, or pin
> individual objects?

You can prevent heap compaction:
http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/Gc.html#TYPEcontrol

   	mutable max_overhead : int; (* Heap compaction is triggered when
   	               the estimated amount of "wasted" memory is more
   	               than max_overhead percent of the amount of live
   	               data. If max_overhead is set to 0, heap
   	               compaction is triggered at the end of each major
   	               GC cycle (this setting is intended for testing
   	               purposes only). If max_overhead >= 1000000,
   	               compaction is never triggered. Default: 500. *)

Use Gc.set to change those parameters.

Best wishes,
d.

PS: I think Lablgtk prevent heap compaction for similar reasons.
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