set-default-generation

set-default-generation Function

Summary

Set the current generation for memory allocation in 32-bit LispWorks.

Package

hcl

Signature

set-default-generation num => num

Arguments

num⇩

The number of the generation from which to do future allocation.

Values

num

The number of the generation from which to do future allocation.

Description

The function set-default-generation sets the current generation for memory allocation to num. By default the system allocates memory from the youngest generation (generation 0).

Notes

set-default-generation is useful only in 32-bit LispWorks. In 64-bit implementations it does nothing and returns 0.

Examples

(set-default-generation 1)
         ;; allocate from an
         ;; older generation 
(set-default-generation 0)
         ;; return to normal