]> On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 09:55:40AM +0200, Nuutti Kotivuori wrote: > - If the module defines any toplevel functions, it cannot ever be > freed, because the closures are referenced from the global > table. This is true even for loadfile_private. Eg. code that defines > functions will still not be garbage collected. Does this apply to: let () = ... code? I assume these aren't really "toplevel functions". More seriously, what about toplevel functions which aren't referenced outside the code (they may even be made private using an .mli file). I have a LOT of code which does this sort of thing: let run r = let q = new cgi r in (* ... blah blah the CGI script ... *) (* Register the script's run function. *) let () = register_script run The toplevel 'run' function is there, but never referenced directly from outside the code, although of course it is called from outside the code. Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://freshmeat.net/users/rwmj Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment C2LIB is a library of basic Perl/STL-like types for C. Vectors, hashes, trees, string funcs, pool allocator: http://www.annexia.org/freeware/c2lib/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners