Feature Request (for 1.0 as well): add a way to override the GC-perceived top of the stack

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Robert Fraser wrote:
> Wouldn't this add the overhead of a function call to every collect cycle?

Yes, but that's hardly a problem.
Besides, if the function is made final, the compiler can inline it, bringing the cost down to a single branch.
And, as naryl said, collect runs aren't frequent enough for it to matter.
It's hardly an inner loop :)

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