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Access violation with GC and C module
Posted: 10/28/08 09:36:52 Modified: 10/28/08 10:31:20EDIT: Problem has been resolved, see post below.
I am not sure whether this is a Tango issue, but since it seems the Tango GC is a modified version of the Phobos one it may apply.
I am linking a Tango program with a C library, namely, Lua 5.1.3 which I compiled using dmc on Windows. As a binding, I use LuaLib? from the bindings project on dsource. I use DMD 1.033.
The main loop of the D program calls a couple of Lua callbacks in script files every frame. This works fine at first, but after a while (it only happens when I do certain things, but is perfectly reproducible) I always get an access violation like this:
Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION(0xc0000005) at _luaS_newlstr (0x004511d5) thread(1292)To be clear, this exception occurs in the C library, and the code path leading up to it should be called every frame, but only after 30-60 seconds does this exception occur.
Now, if I call GC.disable() in my main function, I get no such problems.
Is there something I have to do to make the GC 'play nice' with external C modules? Or is this possibly a GC bug?
