Re: Is my procedure getting GCed?

[Michael Livshin]

Brett Viren <address@hidden> writes:

> The program has a C++ class which stores a Guile procedure as an SCM
> which it gets at construction:
> 
>     class ScalarBC {
>         // ...
>         SCM fProc;
>     }
>     // ...
>     ScalarBC my_sbc(gh_eval_str("(lambda () (random:uniform))"));

the Guile GC only knows about the calling stack and the registers.

if all the instances of ScalarBC are automatic (i.e. sit on the
stack), then there should be no problem.  but if you `new' them or
they are static, then you definitely should inform Guile about the
fProc field.

try adding this to the constructor:

scm_protect_object (fProc); // once fProc is intialized, of course

and this to the destructor:

scm_unprotect_object (fProc);

hth, never mind the Totally Random signature,
--mike

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