1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/generic/tclCompile.h b/generic/tclCompile.h
index c04fc0e..90edf07 100644
--- a/generic/tclCompile.h
+++ b/generic/tclCompile.h
@@ -1159,6 +1159,25 @@ MODULE_SCOPE void	TclPushVarName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Token *varTokenPtr, CompileEnv *envPtr,
 			    int flags, int *localIndexPtr,
 			    int *isScalarPtr);
+
+static inline void
+TclPreserveByteCode(
+    register ByteCode *codePtr)
+{
+    codePtr->refCount++;
+}
+
+static inline void
+TclReleaseByteCode(
+    register ByteCode *codePtr)
+{
+    if (codePtr->refCount-- > 1) {
+	return;
+    }
+    /* Just dropped to refcount==0.  Clean up. */
+    TclCleanupByteCode(codePtr);
+}
+
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclReleaseLiteral(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclInvalidateCmdLiteral(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *name, Namespace *nsPtr);