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Make it clear that last_marked[] holds pointers to Lisp objects, not

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the objects themselves.
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Eli Zaretskii 2001-03-26 18:43:58 +00:00
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@ -410,10 +410,13 @@ on the respective headers to remove the `:N' bitfield definitions
** Debugging problems which happen in GC
The array `last_marked' (defined on alloc.c) can be used to display
up to 500 last objects marked by the garbage collection process. The
variable `last_marked_index' holds the index into the `last_marked'
array one place beyond where the very last marked object is stored.
The array `last_marked' (defined on alloc.c) can be used to display up
to 500 last objects marked by the garbage collection process.
Whenever a Lisp object is marked by the garbage collector, it records
the pointer to that object in the `last_marked' array. The variable
`last_marked_index' holds the index into the `last_marked' array one
place beyond where the pointer to the very last marked object is
stored.
The single most important goal in debugging GC problems is to find the
Lisp data structure that got corrupted. This is not easy since GC