Re: Weak hash tables are too strong?

[Neil Jerram]

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Livshin <address@hidden> writes:

    Michael> Thien-Thi Nguyen <address@hidden> writes:
    >> From: Neil Jerram <address@hidden>
    >> Date: 16 Jan 2002 07:20:49 +0000
    >> 
    guile> (define b (make-doubly-weak-hash-table 7))
    >> 
    >> this works as you'd expect:
    >> 
    >> (let ((b (make-doubly-weak-hash-table 7)))
    >> (hash-set! b 2 (vector 2 3 4))
    >> 3
    >> b
    >> (gc)
    >> (gc)
    >> b)
    >> 
    >> however, if the first lone `b' is replaced w/ `(display b) (newline)'
    >> you get the previous behavior.  hmmm.

    Michael> my (admittedly vague) recollection of the problem is that
    Michael> recently-printed things tend to stick in memory.  you
    Michael> print more stuff, they go away.

OK, thanks for the quick answers.  In the actual application I won't
be printing the items that I want to be collected, so the table should
work as expected.

        Neil