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+local set = require "util.set";
+
+local known_options = {
+ incremental = set.new { "mode", "threshold", "speed", "step_size" };
+ generational = set.new { "mode", "minor_threshold", "major_threshold" };
+};
+
+if _VERSION ~= "5.4" then
+ known_options.generational = nil;
+ known_options.incremental:remove("step_size");
+end
+
+local function configure(user, defaults)
+ local mode = user.mode or defaults.mode or "incremental";
+ if not known_options[mode] then
+ return nil, "GC mode not supported on ".._VERSION..": "..mode;
+ end
+
+ for k, v in pairs(user) do
+ if not known_options[mode]:contains(k) then
+ return nil, "Unknown GC parameter: "..k;
+ elseif k ~= "mode" and type(v) ~= "number" then
+ return nil, "parameter '"..k.."' should be a number";
+ end
+ end
+
+ if mode == "incremental" then
+ if _VERSION == "Lua 5.4" then
+ collectgarbage(mode,
+ user.threshold or defaults.threshold,
+ user.speed or defaults.speed,
+ user.step_size or defaults.step_size
+ );
+ else
+ collectgarbage("setpause", user.threshold or defaults.threshold);
+ collectgarbage("setstepmul", user.speed or defaults.speed);
+ end
+ elseif mode == "generational" then
+ collectgarbage(mode,
+ user.minor_threshold or defaults.minor_threshold,
+ user.major_threshold or defaults.major_threshold
+ );
+ end
+ return true;
+end
+
+return {
+ configure = configure;
+};