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Re: Scheme style auto-resizing hashtable (fwd)


jglascoe@jay.giss.nasa.gov writes:
> 
> Yes it's safer, but when will it collect?  Do you really think it's going
> to start collection in the middle of a "list->hash-table" operation? 

It certainly can. I even think Guile's GC will interrupt long running
C operations that manipulate Scheme data.

 - Maciej