Weak Hash tables in MCL

[Shannon V Spires <svspire@somnet.sandia.gov>]

I need to create a weak, finalizable hash table in MCL. It was
my understanding that weak hash tables are supported but
finalizable ones are not. But I can't even get weakness to work.
How to I make sure all the refs to a value are gone, so I can
test this? I've eliminated *, **, and ***, but are there other
behind-the-scenes refs I need to eliminate as well, so that
after a (gc) the thing will disappear from the hashtable? (I'm
using :weak :value in the make-hash-table call.)

Second, I really need a finalization hook. A global hook function
for the whole hash table would be fine. Would it be possible to
get a patch to make this work?

Thanks,
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Shannon Spires
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