#ifdef GC_THREADS
GC_API GC_ATTR_DEPRECATED int GC_parallel;
/* GC is parallelized for performance on */
- /* multiprocessors. Currently set only */
- /* implicitly if collector is built with */
- /* PARALLEL_MARK defined and if either: */
- /* Env variable GC_NPROCS is set to > 1, or */
- /* GC_NPROCS is not set and this is an MP. */
+ /* multiprocessors. Set to a non-zero value */
+ /* only implicitly if collector is built with */
+ /* PARALLEL_MARK defined, and if either */
+ /* GC_MARKERS (or GC_NPROCS) environment */
+ /* variable is set to > 1, or multiple cores */
+ /* (processors) are available. */
/* If GC_parallel is on (non-zero), incremental */
/* collection is only partially functional, */
/* and may not be desirable. The getter does */