Subj : Re: help with GC
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Jashin Eugene" <johny5@alawar.com>
Date : Wed Sep 17 2003 01:01 pm

thanks a lot!
anyway docs at JS_Add[Named]Root is short of fact,
that pointer to pointer must be valid till the JS_RemoveRoot call..


"Brendan Eich" <brendan@meer.net> wrote in message
news:3F6736C5.7050709@meer.net...
> Jashin Eugene wrote:
>
> >ok, i already understood that i must call JS_AddRoot(cx, &gc_obj);
instead
> >of..
> >but can gc_obj variable be a stack variable?
> >
> >
>
> Sure, why not?  You can take the address of a stack variable.  You need
> to JS_RemoveRoot that pointer by reference before it goes out of scope,
> of course.
>
> If you need a root only locally, perhaps you can use a local root.  See
> http://www.mozilla.org/js/spidermonkey/gctips.html.
>
> /be
>

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