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Feature #9894

Updated by nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) over 5 years ago

 Any comment on officially supporting this as part of the C API? 

 ```diff 
 
 
  diff --git a/README.EXT b/README.EXT 
 
  index d66d6c5..dded850 100644 
 
  --- a/README.EXT 
 
  +++ b/README.EXT 
 
  @@ -1176,6 +1176,12 @@ void rb_global_variable(VALUE *var) 
 
    
  
     Tells GC to protect these variables. 
 
 
  
  +void rb_gc_register_mark_object(VALUE val) 
 
  + 
 
  +    Tells GC to protect the object referenced by val.    This requires less 
 
  +    memory to track than rb_global_variable, but may only be used if the C 
 
  +    variable never changes. 
 
  + 
  
   == Constant Definition 
 
  
  
   void rb_define_const(VALUE klass, const char *name, VALUE val) :: 
 ``` 
 
  --  
  
  Eric Wong 

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