From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov>
To: Jost Boekemeier <jostobfe@calvados.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE>
Cc: guile-gtk@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Patch to make guile-gtk work with upcoming guile-1.4
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:22:00 -0000
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Jost Boekemeier writes:
 > 
 > > when the common usage suggests the _mfpe interface that permits
 > 
 > What does "mfpe" mean and what does the function do that others don´t?
 > Just curious, I don´t have access to the guile sources from here and 
 > I can´t deduce the meaning from the discussion so far.

Mark Free Print Equalp

You use the _mfpe function to tell guile what 4 functions it must call
in order to garbage collect your smob.

See the ``data-rep.info'' page in guile-core/doc for details (get the
CVS version as there has been some changes from 1.3.4).

-Brett.