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+/* gc.c -- Functions to remember and garbage collect unused node contents. */
+
+/* This file is part of GNU Info, a program for reading online documentation
+ stored in Info format.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+ Written by Brian Fox (bfox@ai.mit.edu). */
+
+#include "info.h"
+
+/* Array of pointers to the contents of gc-able nodes. A pointer on this
+ list can be garbage collected when no info window contains a node whose
+ contents member match the pointer. */
+static char **gcable_pointers = (char **)NULL;
+static int gcable_pointers_index = 0;
+static int gcable_pointers_slots = 0;
+
+/* Add POINTER to the list of garbage collectible pointers. A pointer
+ is not actually garbage collected until no info window contains a node
+ whose contents member is equal to the pointer. */
+void
+add_gcable_pointer (pointer)
+ char *pointer;
+{
+ gc_pointers ();
+ add_pointer_to_array (pointer, gcable_pointers_index, gcable_pointers,
+ gcable_pointers_slots, 10, char *);
+}
+
+/* Grovel the list of info windows and gc-able pointers finding those
+ node->contents which are collectible, and free them. */
+void
+gc_pointers ()
+{
+ register int i, j, k;
+ INFO_WINDOW *iw;
+ char **new = (char **)NULL;
+ int new_index = 0;
+ int new_slots = 0;
+
+ if (!info_windows || !gcable_pointers_index)
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; iw = info_windows[i]; i++)
+ {
+ for (j = 0; j < iw->nodes_index; j++)
+ {
+ NODE *node = iw->nodes[j];
+
+ /* If this node->contents appears in our list of gcable_pointers,
+ it is not gc-able, so save it. */
+ for (k = 0; k < gcable_pointers_index; k++)
+ if (gcable_pointers[k] == node->contents)
+ {
+ add_pointer_to_array
+ (node->contents, new_index, new, new_slots, 10, char *);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* We have gathered all of the pointers which need to be saved. Free any
+ of the original pointers which do not appear in the new list. */
+ for (i = 0; i < gcable_pointers_index; i++)
+ {
+ for (j = 0; j < new_index; j++)
+ if (gcable_pointers[i] == new[j])
+ break;
+
+ /* If we got all the way through the new list, then the old pointer
+ can be garbage collected. */
+ if (new && !new[j])
+ free (gcable_pointers[i]);
+ }
+
+ free (gcable_pointers);
+ gcable_pointers = new;
+ gcable_pointers_slots = new_slots;
+ gcable_pointers_index = new_index;
+}