2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenGc.java b/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenGc.java
index cd036368..23ee6cac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenGc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenGc.java
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ public class PatioCodeGenGc {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Creates a data value for GC objects that should never be garbage
-     * collected. Such a value does not need to be added to the set of GC roots.
+     * Creates a data value for GC objects with no GC children that should never
+     * be garbage collected. Such a value does not need to be added to the set
+     * of GC roots.
      */
     public static PatioDataValue gcObjectStaticDataValue(PatioDataValue value) {
         return PatioDataValues.struct(List.of(
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenNamespaces.java b/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenNamespaces.java
index 595033b1..682c6ceb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenNamespaces.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/shedlang/compiler/patio/PatioCodeGenNamespaces.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class PatioCodeGenNamespaces {
             target,
             namespacePointer,
             initialValue.layout(),
-            List.of(namespaceTypeInfo.fieldIndex(fieldName)),
+            fieldOffset(namespaceTypeInfo.fieldIndex(fieldName)),
             source
         ));
 
@@ -211,23 +211,30 @@ public class PatioCodeGenNamespaces {
         context = context.addInstruction(new PatioMemoryStore(
             new PatioDataPtr(globalNameNamespaceValue(namespaceName)),
             initialValue.layout(),
-            List.of(namespaceTypeInfo.fieldIndex(fieldName)),
+            fieldOffset(namespaceTypeInfo.fieldIndex(fieldName)),
             fieldValue,
             source
         ));
 
+        // TODO: we only have to add fields since namespace values are marked
+        // as GC objects without children. An (better?) alternative would be to
+        // have namespace values behave as ordinary GC objects with GC children.
         context = PatioCodeGenGc.addPermGcRoot(fieldValue, source, context);
 
         return context;
     }
 
     private static PatioDataValue namespaceDataInitialValue(NamespaceTypeInfo namespaceTypeInfo) {
-        return PatioDataValues.struct(
+        return PatioCodeGenGc.gcObjectStaticDataValue(PatioDataValues.struct(
             Lists.repeat(
                 PatioDataValues.int_(0),
                 namespaceTypeInfo.fieldCount()
             )
-        );
+        ));
+    }
+
+    private static List<Integer> fieldOffset(int fieldIndex) {
+        return PatioCodeGenGc.gcObjectOffset(List.of(fieldIndex));
     }
 
     // TODO: allocate names through context