GC$.html -- ACL2 Version 6.3

## GC$

invoke the garbage collector

    Major Section:  MISCELLANEOUS

This function is provided so that the user can call the garbage collector of the host Lisp from inside the ACL2 loop. Specifically, a call of `gc$` is translated into a call of a function below on the same arguments.

    Allegro CL:            excl:gc
    CCL                    ccl::gc
    CLISP                  ext:gc
    CMU Common Lisp        system::gc
    GCL                    si::gbc
    LispWorks              hcl::gc-generation [default argument list:
                                               (7) for 64-bit OS, else (3)]
    SBCL                   sb-ext:gc

The arguments, if any, are as documented in the underlying Common Lisp. It is up to the user to pass in the right arguments, although we may do some rudimentary checks.

Also see gc-verbose.

Evaluation of a call of this macro always returns `nil`.