Re: self_scm_=SCM_EOL;

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Erik Sandberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I noticed that the 
> self_scm_=SCM_EOL;
> line is missing in many constructors of smobs, e.g. in Context. Is this safe?
>
> I don't know about Guile internals, but I can imagine that smobify_self() 
> could trigger a GC, which could do bad things. I don't understand why this 
> would be less risky in classes which have no subclasses.

the self_scm_ is never marked, so yes, this is safe.



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