Added TODO's

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Justin Ethier 2020-01-24 12:16:32 -05:00
parent e8e57484be
commit 6b6b77124d

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@ -36,7 +36,17 @@ object Cyc_global_set2(void *thd, object cont, object * glo, object value)
value = share_object(thd, NULL, value, &do_gc); value = share_object(thd, NULL, value, &do_gc);
gc_mut_update((gc_thread_data *) thd, *glo, value); gc_mut_update((gc_thread_data *) thd, *glo, value);
*(glo) = value; *(glo) = value;
// TODO: if we don't do this how does GC know to transport the global??
// don't really want to do this though because it is a performance nightmare
// can we use add_mutation and add cvar as a case when transporting mutations?
((gc_thread_data *) thd)->globals_changed = 1; // No longer needed?? ((gc_thread_data *) thd)->globals_changed = 1; // No longer needed??
/*
in order to get rid of the above I think we need to find the corresponding cvar and ensure it is a root
in the upcoming GC. or if there is no GC scheduled, just update it directly now
*/
// TODO: not applicable here but after all entry_pts are executed the app should run a minor gc to get globals off the stack!
if (do_gc) { if (do_gc) {
object buf[1]; buf[0] = value; object buf[1]; buf[0] = value;
GC(thd, cont, buf, 1); GC(thd, cont, buf, 1);