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- /* gc.c -- Functions to remember and garbage collect unused node contents. */
-
- /* This file is part of GNU Info, a program for reading online documentation
- stored in Info format.
-
- Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
- any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- Written by Brian Fox (bfox@ai.mit.edu). */
-
- #include "info.h"
-
- /* Array of pointers to the contents of gc-able nodes. A pointer on this
- list can be garbage collected when no info window contains a node whose
- contents member match the pointer. */
- static char **gcable_pointers = (char **)NULL;
- static int gcable_pointers_index = 0;
- static int gcable_pointers_slots = 0;
-
- /* Add POINTER to the list of garbage collectible pointers. A pointer
- is not actually garbage collected until no info window contains a node
- whose contents member is equal to the pointer. */
- void
- add_gcable_pointer (pointer)
- char *pointer;
- {
- gc_pointers ();
- add_pointer_to_array (pointer, gcable_pointers_index, gcable_pointers,
- gcable_pointers_slots, 10, char *);
- }
-
- /* Grovel the list of info windows and gc-able pointers finding those
- node->contents which are collectible, and free them. */
- void
- gc_pointers ()
- {
- register int i, j, k;
- INFO_WINDOW *iw;
- char **new = (char **)NULL;
- int new_index = 0;
- int new_slots = 0;
-
- if (!info_windows || !gcable_pointers_index)
- return;
-
- for (i = 0; iw = info_windows[i]; i++)
- {
- for (j = 0; j < iw->nodes_index; j++)
- {
- NODE *node = iw->nodes[j];
-
- /* If this node->contents appears in our list of gcable_pointers,
- it is not gc-able, so save it. */
- for (k = 0; k < gcable_pointers_index; k++)
- if (gcable_pointers[k] == node->contents)
- {
- add_pointer_to_array
- (node->contents, new_index, new, new_slots, 10, char *);
- break;
- }
- }
- }
-
- /* We have gathered all of the pointers which need to be saved. Free any
- of the original pointers which do not appear in the new list. */
- for (i = 0; i < gcable_pointers_index; i++)
- {
- for (j = 0; j < new_index; j++)
- if (gcable_pointers[i] == new[j])
- break;
-
- /* If we got all the way through the new list, then the old pointer
- can be garbage collected. */
- if (new && !new[j])
- free (gcable_pointers[i]);
- }
-
- free (gcable_pointers);
- gcable_pointers = new;
- gcable_pointers_slots = new_slots;
- gcable_pointers_index = new_index;
- }
-