I'd guess the diffference may be:
* malloc_rc keep a refcount?
* malloc_rc performs the allocation within Gambits memory system? (well, for blocks above 512 bytes, Gambit's memory system makes a separate malloc anyhow, so for your usecase it could be equal in this respect)
You should find the answer by checking the source? Look for the calls called something like inc_rc and dec_rc too.
2013/4/12 Álvaro Castro-Castilla alvaro.castro.castilla@gmail.com
Hi,
I'd like to know what's the main difference between using the malloc/free combination vs. the ___EXT(___alloc_rc) / ___EXT(___alloc_rc) one.
Mi intention is to create C arrays and manage them from the Scheme side, so I can explicitly free them once I need to.
Which one should I use?
Thank you,
Álvaro
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