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From: Raj Bandyopadhyay <rajb@rice.edu>
To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr
Subject: Disabling the OCaml garbage collector
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:28:33 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ECF91B46-A0FC-46FD-BFAD-7BE07CEF1C85@rice.edu> (raw)

Dear all

I am writing a foreign function interface between OCaml and another  
language (Python) which works via C. Since I have some memory issues  
currently, I would like to be able to disable the OCaml Garbage  
collector before jumping into C/Python, and re-enable it when I  
return to OCaml.

I am using the OCaml/C interface and the macros that it provides to  
manage values (CAMLlocal and CAMLparam), but I would like to be able  
to disable the GC entirely for short periods.

What facilities does OCaml provide to disable/enable the garbage  
collector? I looked at the GC module and didn't see anything obvious.  
It's fine if it is something at the C level rather than the OCaml level.

Thanks for your help!
Raj


             reply	other threads:[~2007-11-27 16:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-27 16:28 Raj Bandyopadhyay [this message]
2007-11-27 16:41 ` [Caml-list] " Basile STARYNKEVITCH
2007-11-28 18:05   ` Raj
2007-11-28 18:15     ` Alain Frisch
2007-11-28 18:31       ` Thomas Fischbacher
2007-11-28 19:30         ` Raj
2007-11-28 18:25     ` Thomas Fischbacher
2007-11-28 18:32     ` Xavier Leroy
2007-11-28 19:33       ` Raj
2007-11-28 20:00         ` Thomas Fischbacher
2007-12-04 20:14           ` Raj Bandyopadhyay
2007-12-05  4:07             ` Jon Harrop
2007-11-29  8:54     ` Frédéric van der Plancke
2007-11-27 17:05 ` [Caml-list] Python and Caml (was: Disabling the OCaml garbage collector) Thomas Fischbacher
2011-08-04 13:10   ` [Caml-list] Python and Caml Stéphane Glondu

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