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Support finalizers for functions created in dynamic modules

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From: Samir Jindel <sjindel <at> google.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Support finalizers for functions created in dynamic modules
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 22:17:11 +0100

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Hi,

I'm very excited by the possibilities opened through the new dynamic module
interface, "emacs-module.h".

However, I have a concern about the API for creating Lisp functions bound
to native functions:

```c

  emacs_value (*make_function) (emacs_env *env,
        ptrdiff_t min_arity,
        ptrdiff_t max_arity,
        emacs_value (*function) (emacs_env *env,
               ptrdiff_t nargs,
               emacs_value args[],
               void *)
          EMACS_NOEXCEPT,
        const char *documentation,
        void *data);

```

I presume the "data" pointer here is provided to enable native functions to
work like closures,
carrying additional, possibly dynamically allocated data. However, this
functionality is limited by
the absence of a finalization function pointer, like the "user_ptr" values
have:

```c

  emacs_value (*make_user_ptr) (emacs_env *env,
        void (*fin) (void *) EMACS_NOEXCEPT,
        void *ptr);

```

Without the ability to provide a finalizer, a module can only safely make
the "data" pointer to
"make_function" point to static memory.

Thanks,
Samir Jindel

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