# include "private/gc_priv.h"
# endif
-/* USE OF THIS FILE IS NOT RECOMMENDED unless the collector has been */
-/* compiled without -DALL_INTERIOR_POINTERS or with */
+/* USE OF THIS FILE IS NOT RECOMMENDED unless GC_all_interior_pointers */
+/* is always set, or the collector has been built with */
/* -DDONT_ADD_BYTE_AT_END, or the specified size includes a pointerfree */
/* word at the end. In the standard collector configuration, */
/* the final word of each object may not be scanned. */
-/* This is most useful for compilers that generate C. */
+/* This iinterface is most useful for compilers that generate C. */
/* Manual use is hereby discouraged. */
/* Allocate n words (NOT BYTES). X is made to point to the result. */
/* It is assumed that n < MAXOBJSZ, and */
/* that n > 0. On machines requiring double word alignment of some */
-/* data, we also assume that n is 1 or even. This bypasses the */
+/* data, we also assume that n is 1 or even. */
+/* If the collector is built with -DUSE_MARK_BYTES or -DPARALLEL_MARK, */
+/* the n = 1 case is also disallowed. */
+/* Effectively this means that portable code should make sure n is even.*/
+/* This bypasses the */
/* MERGE_SIZES mechanism. In order to minimize the number of distinct */
/* free lists that are maintained, the caller should ensure that a */
/* small number of distinct values of n are used. (The MERGE_SIZES */
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