[racket] FFI/3m and Boehm GC compatibility

From: Tim Brown (tim.brown at cityc.co.uk)
Date: Tue Jul 17 05:24:17 EDT 2012

Matthew Flatt wrote:
> At Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:33:23 +0100, Tim Brown wrote:
>> In any case, I will need to invisibleise the pointer when it is no
>> longer in use by racket (i.e. "legitimately" collectable). What would be
>> the best way/hook to detect the pointers' end-of-life?
>
> Probably `register-finalizer'.

Thanks, Matthew.

Tim

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