Re: [Chicken-hackers] Need help to understand C_mutate better.

[Jörg F . Wittenberger]

On Oct 25 2011, Felix wrote:

> > Couldn't either the signal handler return to gc, or - my preferred
> > alternative - the minor gc run prior to the signal handler?
> > Would make chicken robust to the case at hand.
>
> This sounds possible, but it will trigger a collection even in cases
> where it is not needed, that is, when C_reclaim was entered due to an
> interrupt.

Sure it would.

But this should be little to no cost over all.  It would be a minor
gc.  Since this clear the mutation stack (O(n) in entries) doing
so later (with a some more entries in the m-stack) should IMHO
cost the same time later, shouldn't it?

/Jörg