1410 |
@xref{Garbage Collecting Smobs}, for more details. |
@xref{Garbage Collecting Smobs}, for more details. |
1411 |
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1412 |
@item free |
@item free |
1413 |
Guile will apply this function to each instance of the new type it |
Guile will apply this function to each instance of the new type it could |
1414 |
could not find any live pointers to. The function should release all |
not find any live pointers to. The function should release all |
1415 |
resources held by the object and return the number of bytes released. |
resources held by the object and return the number of bytes released. |
1416 |
This is analogous to the Java finalization method-- it is invoked at |
This is analogous to the Java finalization method-- it is invoked at |
1417 |
an unspecified time (when garbage collection occurs) after the object |
an unspecified time (when garbage collection occurs) after the object |