Subj : Re: automatic variable that holds JSAtom* in JS_DefineFunction()
To   : itaj sherman <myngs@hotmail.com>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Tue Mar 11 2003 11:16 am

itaj sherman wrote:

>attached is the same test program now uses NSPR threads support.
>this test program crashes in 4 seconds on my machine.
>
>compile the files.
>run it given the js files as command line parameters, like that:
>compileinthreads.exe x3.js x4.js
>it asks how many threads to run, any number 1-20 crashes in a few seconds on
>my machine.
>
>if it doesn't crash, to stop it type anything and press enter (it waits on
>scanf).
>it will print "no more threads" when all threads end.
>then you can type something and press enter again to close it.
>
>please let me know if you could reproduce.
>

I can't even build this on RedHat 8.0.

How did the GC fail to mark the atom it is sweeping?  I.e., via what 
root do you think it should have reached that atom?

/be

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