GNU bug report logs - #42013
26.3; hash tables are not garbage collected

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 42013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>
Cc: 42013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: bug#42013: 26.3; hash tables are not garbage collected
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:13:27 +0200

Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com> writes:

>> The garbage collector is conservative, so objects may not be collected
>> immediately, even if they appear unreferenced.
>
> OK, would it be possible to update the documentation?

I've now updated the manual on this point in Emacs 28.

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