Subj : Re: automatic variable that holds JSAtom* in JS_DefineFunction() is not GC protected.
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : myngs@hotmail.com (itaj sherman)
Date : Tue Mar 11 2003 05:03 pm

> 
> I can't even build this on RedHat 8.0.
> 

why?
it doens't compile?
is it on unix?
well... i'm using MSVC6
do you want to tell me what went wrong?
we have some unix compilers i'm not sure which (i rarely use unix, we
have a guy resposible for unix stuff) i'll check tomorrow at work
(it's night here now) maybe we can try to compile with it and i'll fix
that program.

> 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?

i'm not sure.
the atom was read by js_Interpret() is case JSOP_DEFFUN from the
compiled bytecode of the JSScript, expected to hold the function
object that is going to be used there, but it points to garbage - this
is where it crashes most of the times. there are a some other places
sometimes, i can send stack dumps tomorrow.
and it is the executing JSScript as you can see i did protect it with
a ScriptObject. so isn't that JSScript supposed to protect that atom?

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