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collect-highest-generation Function

Summary

Controls whether the top generation is garbage-collected in 32-bit LispWorks.

Package

hcl

Signature

collect-highest-generation flag

Arguments
flag
A generalized boolean.
Description

The function collect-highest-generation controls whether the top generation is garbage-collected in 32-bit LispWorks.

If flag is non-nil, the top generation is collected; if flag is nil, the top generation is not collected (this is the default setting).

Notes

collect-highest-generation is implemented only in 32-bit LispWorks. It is not relevant to the Memory Management API in 64-bit implementations.

See also

avoid-gc
clean-generation-0
collect-generation-2
expand-generation-1
normal-gc
11.3 Memory Management in 32-bit LispWorks


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