contrib/texinfo-4/info/gc.h

   1 /* gc.h -- Functions for garbage collecting unused node contents.
   2    $Id: gc.h,v 1.3 2004/04/11 17:56:45 karl Exp $
   3
   4    This file is part of GNU Info, a program for reading online documentation
   5    stored in Info format.
   6
   7    Copyright (C) 1993, 1997, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   8
   9    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  10    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  11    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  12    any later version.
  13
  14    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  15    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  16    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  17    GNU General Public License for more details.
  18
  19    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  20    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  21    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  22
  23    Written by Brian Fox (bfox@ai.mit.edu). */
  24
  25 #ifndef INFO_GC_H
  26 #define INFO_GC_H
  27
  28 /* Add POINTER to the list of garbage collectible pointers.  A pointer
  29    is not actually garbage collected until no info window contains a node
  30    whose contents member is equal to the pointer. */
  31 extern void add_gcable_pointer (char *pointer);
  32
  33 /* Grovel the list of info windows and gc-able pointers finding those
  34    node->contents which are collectible, and free them. */
  35 extern void gc_pointers (void);
  36
  37 #endif /* not INFO_GC_H */