(in-package "SB!IMPL")
\f
-;;;; miscellaneous I/O
+;;;; variables related to saving core files
+;;;;
+;;;; (Most of the save-a-core functionality is defined later, in its
+;;;; own file, but we'd like to have these symbols declared special
+;;;; and initialized ASAP.)
+
+(defvar *before-save-initializations* nil
+ #!+sb-doc
+ "This is a list of functions which are called before creating a saved core
+ image. These functions are executed in the child process which has no ports,
+ so they cannot do anything that tries to talk to the outside world.")
-;;; INDENTING-FURTHER is a user-level macro which may be used to locally
-;;; increment the indentation of a stream.
-(defmacro indenting-further (stream more &rest body)
+(defvar *after-save-initializations* nil
#!+sb-doc
- "Causes the output of the indenting Stream to indent More spaces. More is
- evaluated twice."
- `(unwind-protect
- (progn
- (incf (sb!impl::indenting-stream-indentation ,stream) ,more)
- ,@body)
- (decf (sb!impl::indenting-stream-indentation ,stream) ,more)))
+ "This is a list of functions which are called when a saved core image starts
+ up. The system itself should be initialized at this point, but applications
+ might not be.")
+\f
+;;;; miscellaneous I/O
(defun skip-whitespace (&optional (stream *standard-input*))
(loop (let ((char (read-char stream)))