+;;; KLUDGE: we keep a single HEAP-EXHAUSTED-ERROR object around, so
+;;; that we don't need to allocate it when running out of memory. Similarly
+;;; we pass the amounts in special variables as there may be multiple threads
+;;; running into trouble at the same time. The condition is created by GC-REINIT.
+(defvar *heap-exhausted-error-condition*)
+(defvar *heap-exhausted-error-available-bytes*)
+(defvar *heap-exhausted-error-requested-bytes*)
+
+(defun heap-exhausted-error (available requested)
+ (infinite-error-protect
+ (let ((*heap-exhausted-error-available-bytes* available)
+ (*heap-exhausted-error-requested-bytes* requested))
+ (error *heap-exhausted-error-condition*))))
+