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Explaining the purpose of the calls variable in response to <https://github.com/ravenbrook/mps/pull/164#discussion_r1130845346>.

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Richard Brooksby 2023-03-09 11:33:14 +00:00
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@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ static void report(void)
static mps_addr_t make(size_t rootsCount)
{
static volatile unsigned long calls = 0; /* for use from debugger */
/* The calls variable is useful when debugging to stop the debugging
after a certain number of allocations using a debugger
"watchpoint". Allocations are a good "clock tick" for this test.
The test itself doesn't use the variable, so we declare it
volatile, which also forces updates into memory. */
static volatile unsigned long calls = 0;
size_t length = rnd() % (scale * avLEN);
size_t size = (length+2) * sizeof(mps_word_t);
mps_addr_t p;