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 '''Open issue:''' We should detect dumb implementation mismatches at link time and bomb out.  I don't know the trick, but I bet bsmedberg does.
-'''Open issue:''' The JSAPI allows JSObjects to contain pointers to non-GC-allocated data which may contain pointers back to GC-allocated stuff (objects, strings, numbers).  See [[mdc:JSClass.mark]].  This existing API seems impossible to reimplementi on top of the GC API as it stands.  First, the GC API doesn't offer a per-object custom marking hook.  Second, the GC API insists on a write barrier (the JSAPI doesn't).
+'''Open issue:''' The JSAPI allows JSObjects to contain pointers to non-GC-allocated data which may contain pointers back to GC-allocated stuff (objects, strings, numbers).  See [[mdc:JSClass.mark]].  This existing API seems impossible to reimplement on top of the GC API as it stands.  First, the GC API doesn't offer a per-object custom marking hook.  Second, the GC API insists on a write barrier (the JSAPI doesn't).
 '''Open issue:''' Need to document which operations require a request.