--- parser3/src/main/pa_globals.C	2019/12/25 22:13:51	1.204
+++ parser3/src/main/pa_globals.C	2020/12/10 16:38:09	1.209
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "ltdl.h"
 #include "pcre.h"
 
-volatile const char * IDENT_PA_GLOBALS_C="$Id: pa_globals.C,v 1.204 2019/12/25 22:13:51 moko Exp $" IDENT_PA_GLOBALS_H IDENT_PA_SAPI_H;
+volatile const char * IDENT_PA_GLOBALS_C="$Id: pa_globals.C,v 1.209 2020/12/10 16:38:09 moko Exp $" IDENT_PA_GLOBALS_H IDENT_PA_SAPI_H;
 
 // defines
 
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ void pa_register_thread_request(Request&
 }
 /// retrives request set by pa_set_request function, useful in contextless places [slow]
 Request& pa_thread_request() {
+	if(!thread_request)
+		throw Exception(0, 0, "request is not initialized");
 	return *thread_request;
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +218,15 @@ static void gc_substitute_memory_managem
 	@test hint on one should call this for each thread xmlSubstituteEntitiesDefault(1);
 */
 void pa_globals_init() {
+
+#ifndef PA_DEBUG_DISABLE_GC
+	// Dont collect unless explicitly requested. This is quicker (~30% ),
+	// but less memory-efficient(~8%), so deciding for speed.
+	GC_dont_gc=1; 
+	// as we log allocation errors, we don't need default gc warnings (without timestamp and URI)
+	GC_set_warn_proc(GC_ignore_warn_proc);
+#endif
+
 	// init socks
 	pa_socks_init();
 
@@ -345,7 +356,6 @@ void pa_dlinit() {
 // defines for VS2015 to link with gc/xml libs compiled in the previous VS versions
 #if _MSC_VER >= 1900
 #pragma comment(lib,"legacy_stdio_definitions.lib")
-extern "C" { FILE _iob[3] = { *stdin, *stdout, *stderr }; }
 #endif
 
 #endif // _MSC_VER