Reference

• 1. Interface conventions
  • 1.1. Support policy
  • 1.2. Language
  • 1.3. Headers
  • 1.4. Identifiers
  • 1.5. Types
  • 1.6. Functions
  • 1.7. Type punning
  • 1.8. Macros
  • 1.9. General types
• 2. Error handing
  • 2.1. Result codes
  • 2.2. Assertions
  • 2.3. Common assertions and their causes
  • 2.4. Varieties
• 3. Arenas
  • 3.1. Client arenas
  • 3.2. Virtual memory arenas
  • 3.3. Arena properties
  • 3.4. Arena states
  • 3.5. Running garbage collections
  • 3.6. Using idle time for collection
  • 3.7. Arena introspection
  • 3.8. Protection interface
• 4. Pools
  • 4.1. Pool classes
  • 4.2. Pool introspection
• 5. Allocation
  • 5.1. Manual allocation
  • 5.2. Allocation points
  • 5.3. Allocation point protocol
  • 5.4. Example: allocating a symbol
  • 5.5. Cautions
  • 5.6. Example: inserting into a doubly linked list
  • 5.7. Allocation point implementation
• 6. Object formats
  • 6.1. Creating an object format
  • 6.2. Cautions
  • 6.3. Format methods
  • 6.4. Object format introspection
• 7. Scanning
  • 7.1. Scanning protocol
  • 7.2. Tagged references
  • 7.3. Critical path
  • 7.4. Ambiguous references
  • 7.5. Unfixed references
  • 7.6. Example: Scheme objects
  • 7.7. Scanning interface
  • 7.8. Fixing interface
• 8. Threads
  • 8.1. Thread safety
  • 8.2. Thread registration
  • 8.3. Signal handling issues
  • 8.4. Thread interface
• 9. Roots
  • 9.1. Registering roots
  • 9.2. Cautions
  • 9.3. Thread roots
  • 9.4. Ranks
  • 9.5. Root modes
  • 9.6. Root interface
  • 9.7. Root introspection
• 10. Garbage collection
  • 10.1. Generation chains
  • 10.2. Scheduling of collections
  • 10.3. Garbage collection start messages
  • 10.4. Garbage collection messages
• 11. Messages
  • 11.1. Finalization messages
  • 11.2. Example: interactive chatter
  • 11.3. Message types
  • 11.4. Message interface
  • 11.5. Message queue interface
• 12. Finalization
  • 12.1. Multiple finalizations
  • 12.2. Cautions
  • 12.3. Finalization interface
  • 12.4. Finalization messages
• 13. Location dependency
  • 13.1. Terminology
  • 13.2. Creating dependencies
  • 13.3. Adding dependencies
  • 13.4. Testing dependencies for staleness
  • 13.5. Thread safety
  • 13.6. Location dependency interface
• 14. Segregated allocation caches
  • 14.1. Cache interface
  • 14.2. Allocation interface
• 15. Allocation patterns
  • 15.1. Ramp allocation
• 16. Allocation frames
• 17. Debugging pools
• 18. Telemetry
  • 18.1. Telemetry utilities
  • 18.2. Example
  • 18.3. Event categories
  • 18.4. Environment variables
  • 18.5. Decoding the telemetry stream
  • 18.6. Making the telemetry stream readable
  • 18.7. Loading the telemetry stream into SQLite
  • 18.8. Telemetry interface
  • 18.9. Telemetry labels
• 19. Weak references