*default-stack-group-list-length* Variable

Summary

The size of the stack cache.

Package

system

Initial Value

10

Description

The variable *default-stack-group-list-length* determines the maximum size of the stack cache.

Process stacks are cached and reused. When a process dies, its stack is put in the stack cache for future reuse if there are currently less than *default-stack-group-list-length* stacks in the cache. Therefore if your application repeatedly creates and discards more than 10 processes you should consider increasing the value of this variable.

See also

mark-and-sweep