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 == Nasal memory pools ==
-For each of the 7 Nasal data types, there is a separate storage pool available. Each storage pool is addressed by its enum index (0..6): https://gitorious.org/fg/simgear/blobs/next/simgear/nasal/data.h#line65
+For each of the 7 Nasal data types, there is a separate storage pool available, declared as part of the "Globals" structure.
+For example, '''globals->pools[T_VEC]''' refers to the storage pools  for vectors:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="C">
-enum { T_STR, T_VEC, T_HASH, T_CODE, T_FUNC, T_CCODE, T_GHOST, NUM_NASAL_TYPES }; // V. important that this come last!
+globals->pools[T_VEC];
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-For example, Globals->pools[T_VEC] refers to the storage pools  for vectors:
+As can be seen, each storage pool is addressed by its enum index (0..6): https://gitorious.org/fg/simgear/blobs/next/simgear/nasal/data.h#line65
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-Globals->pools[T_VEC];
+enum { T_STR, T_VEC, T_HASH, T_CODE, T_FUNC, T_CCODE, T_GHOST, NUM_NASAL_TYPES }; // V. important that this come last!
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 The relevant part is:
 <syntaxhighlight lang="C">