> On Sun, Jan 11, 2026, at 4:05 PM, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>> Hello Pietro.
>> Thanks for the patch.
>>
>>> If GC_DEBUG is defined then all-upper-case macros will expand to calls
>>> to the debug variant of collector functions.
>>>
>>> So add the configury bit to GC_DEBUG if the user wants and swtich all
>>> `GC_` calls to the corresponding macros.
>>>
>>>     * configure: Regenerate.
>>>     * configure.ac: Add --enable-algol68-gc-debug option and
>>>     define LIBGA68_DEBUG_GC accordingly.
>>>     * ga68-alloc.c (GC_DEBUG): Define macro if LIBGA68_DEBUG_GC is
>>>     true.
>>
>>
>> Why not defining GC_DEBUG directly instead of going through
>> LIBGA_DEBUG_GC?
>
> I thought that would be nice to have more flexibility in case we want
> to do other things when debugging allocation functions.

Even if we switch from Boehm to an ad-hoc implementation, something that
hopefully will happen sooner than later, we can still use the same cpp
macro name..

> pietro
>
>>>     (_libga68_realloc): Use the C macro version of the GC function.
>>>     (_libga68_realloc_unchecked): Likewise.
>>>     (_libga68_malloc): Likewise.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Pietro Monteiro <[email protected]>
>>> ---
>>>  libga68/configure    | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>>  libga68/configure.ac | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  libga68/ga68-alloc.c | 11 ++++++++---
>>>  3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/libga68/configure b/libga68/configure
>>> index 63c27939e14..2ecee900035 100755
>>> --- a/libga68/configure
>>> +++ b/libga68/configure
>>> @@ -811,6 +811,7 @@ enable_algol68_gc
>>>  with_target_bdw_gc
>>>  with_target_bdw_gc_include
>>>  with_target_bdw_gc_lib
>>> +enable_algol68_gc_debug
>>>  '
>>>        ac_precious_vars='build_alias
>>>  host_alias
>>> @@ -1463,6 +1464,9 @@ Optional Features:
>>>    --disable-symvers       disable symbol versioning for libga68
>>>    --enable-algol68-gc     enable use of Boehm's garbage collector with the 
>>> GNU
>>>                            Algol runtime
>>> +  --enable-algol68-gc-debug
>>> +                          enable use of Boehm's garbage collector debug
>>> +                          functions with the GNU Algol runtime
>>>  
>>>  Optional Packages:
>>>    --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
>>> @@ -12829,7 +12833,7 @@ else
>>>    lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
>>>    lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
>>>    cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
>>> -#line 12832 "configure"
>>> +#line 12836 "configure"
>>>  #include "confdefs.h"
>>>  
>>>  #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
>>> @@ -12935,7 +12939,7 @@ else
>>>    lt_dlunknown=0; lt_dlno_uscore=1; lt_dlneed_uscore=2
>>>    lt_status=$lt_dlunknown
>>>    cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<_LT_EOF
>>> -#line 12938 "configure"
>>> +#line 12942 "configure"
>>>  #include "confdefs.h"
>>>  
>>>  #if HAVE_DLFCN_H
>>> @@ -13532,6 +13536,14 @@ if test "${with_target_bdw_gc_lib+set}" = set; 
>>> then :
>>>  fi
>>>  
>>>  
>>> +# Check whether --enable-algol68-gc-debug was given.
>>> +if test "${enable_algol68_gc_debug+set}" = set; then :
>>> +  enableval=$enable_algol68_gc_debug;
>>> +else
>>> +  enable_algol68_gc_debug=no
>>> +fi
>>> +
>>> +
>>>  bdw_lib_dir=
>>>  case "$enable_algol68_gc" in
>>>  no)
>>> @@ -13719,6 +13731,21 @@ case $host in
>>>  esac
>>>  
>>>  
>>> +case "$enable_algol68_gc_debug" in
>>> +  no)
>>> +    if test "$use_bdw_gc" = yes; then
>>> +      LIBGA68_GCFLAGS="$LIBGA68_GCFLAGS -DLIBGA68_DEBUG_GC=0"
>>> +    fi
>>> +    ;;
>>> +  *)
>>> +    if test "$use_bdw_gc" = no; then
>>> +      as_fn_error $? "GC debugging enabled but GC is not being used" 
>>> "$LINENO" 5
>>> +    else
>>> +      LIBGA68_GCFLAGS="$LIBGA68_GCFLAGS -DLIBGA68_DEBUG_GC=1"
>>> +    fi
>>> +    ;;
>>> +esac
>>> +
>>>  # Subst some variables used in Makefile.am
>>>  
>>>  
>>> diff --git a/libga68/configure.ac b/libga68/configure.ac
>>> index 20a903ad8d9..c8aa032fba4 100644
>>> --- a/libga68/configure.ac
>>> +++ b/libga68/configure.ac
>>> @@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([target-bdw-gc-lib],
>>>  [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-target-bdw-gc-lib=PATHLIST],
>>>             [specify directories for installed bdw-gc library])])
>>>  
>>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(algol68-gc-debug,
>>> +[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-algol68-gc-debug],
>>> +           [enable use of Boehm's garbage collector debug functions
>>> +            with the GNU Algol runtime])],,enable_algol68_gc_debug=no)
>>> +
>>>  bdw_lib_dir=
>>>  case "$enable_algol68_gc" in
>>>  no)
>>> @@ -405,6 +410,21 @@ case $host in
>>>  esac
>>>  AC_SUBST(extra_darwin_ldflags_libga68)
>>>  
>>> +case "$enable_algol68_gc_debug" in
>>> +  no)
>>> +    if test "$use_bdw_gc" = yes; then
>>> +      LIBGA68_GCFLAGS="$LIBGA68_GCFLAGS -DLIBGA68_DEBUG_GC=0"
>>> +    fi
>>> +    ;;
>>> +  *)
>>> +    if test "$use_bdw_gc" = no; then
>>> +      AC_MSG_ERROR([GC debugging enabled but GC is not being used])
>>> +    else
>>> +      LIBGA68_GCFLAGS="$LIBGA68_GCFLAGS -DLIBGA68_DEBUG_GC=1"
>>> +    fi
>>> +    ;;
>>> +esac
>>> +
>>>  # Subst some variables used in Makefile.am
>>>  AC_SUBST(LIBGA68_GCFLAGS)
>>>  AC_SUBST(LIBGA68_BOEHM_GC_INCLUDES)
>>> diff --git a/libga68/ga68-alloc.c b/libga68/ga68-alloc.c
>>> index 5e9f7c2b920..77abf592b8f 100644
>>> --- a/libga68/ga68-alloc.c
>>> +++ b/libga68/ga68-alloc.c
>>> @@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ _libga68_malloc_internal (size_t size)
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  #if LIBGA68_WITH_GC
>>> +
>>> +# if LIBGA68_DEBUG_GC
>>> +#  define GC_DEBUG 1
>>> +#endif
>>> +
>>>  #include <gc/gc.h>
>>>  
>>>  void
>>> @@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ _libga68_init_heap (void)
>>>  void *
>>>  _libga68_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
>>>  {
>>> -  void *res = (void *) GC_realloc (ptr, size);
>>> +  void *res = (void *) GC_REALLOC (ptr, size);
>>>    if (!res)
>>>      _libga68_abort ("Virtual memory exhausted\n");
>>>    return res;
>>> @@ -67,14 +72,14 @@ _libga68_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
>>>  void *
>>>  _libga68_realloc_unchecked (void *ptr, size_t size)
>>>  {
>>> -  void *res = (void *) GC_realloc (ptr, size);
>>> +  void *res = (void *) GC_REALLOC (ptr, size);
>>>    return res;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>>  void *
>>>  _libga68_malloc (size_t size)
>>>  {
>>> -  void *res = (void *) GC_malloc (size);
>>> +  void *res = (void *) GC_MALLOC (size);
>>>    if (!res)
>>>      _libga68_abort ("Virtual memory exhausted\n");
>>>    return res;
>>>
>>> base-commit: 87222af419eb272d4b66628abda573ba8fcadc77

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