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authorGravatar Adam Chlipala <adam@chlipala.net>2011-08-15 11:26:10 -0400
committerGravatar Adam Chlipala <adam@chlipala.net>2011-08-15 11:26:10 -0400
commite472f946fc2316959e8480e2371233fd275b1da2 (patch)
tree58c04394c5e6d8876f349beceb1ef03ea01ab18a /src/compiler.sig
parentda80f2aa1cd6326d0fc8621a5cfb0e7fd313e192 (diff)
Compiler frees as much memory as possible before passing control to C compiler
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diff --git a/src/compiler.sig b/src/compiler.sig
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@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ signature COMPILER = sig
val compileC : {cname : string, oname : string, ename : string, libs : string,
profile : bool, debug : bool, link : string list} -> bool
+ val beforeC : (unit -> unit) ref
+ (* This function is called before beginning C compilation.
+ * The current use is for MLton to compact its heap here, to avoid hogging
+ * space after all the interesting ML code is done. *)
+
type ('src, 'dst) phase
type ('src, 'dst) transform