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mark -- mark mutable objects and symbols as not needing serialization

Synopsis

Description

i1 : X = new Type of List

o1 = X

o1 : Type
i2 : y = 4

o2 = 4
i3 : mark()
i4 : x = new X from {1,2,3}

o4 = {1, 2, 3}

o4 : X
i5 : serialize (symbol x, symbol y)

o5 = -- -*- mode: M2; coding: utf-8 -*-
     s0:=X -- Type : X
     s1:=global X -- Symbol : X
     s2:=1 -- ZZ : 1
     s3:=2 -- ZZ : 2
     s4:=3 -- ZZ : 3
     s5:=newClass(s0,{s2,s3,s4}) -- X : X{1, 2, 3}
     s6:=global x -- Symbol : x
     s7:=global y -- Symbol : y
     s8:=(s6,s7) -- Sequence : (x,y)
     globalAssignFunction(s1,s0)
     s6<-s5
     s8

See also

For the programmer

The object mark is a function closure.