status = concord_index_strid_get_obj_string (c_index, strid, &st_id);
   if (!status)
     {
-      GCPRO3 (genre, ds, obj);
+      Lisp_Object retval;
+
+      GCPRO4 (genre, ds, obj, retval);
 #if 0
       obj = read_from_c_string (CONCORD_String_data (&st_id),
                                CONCORD_String_size (&st_id) );
                                      Qfile_name),
                                     Qnil, Qnil));
 #endif
+      retval = Fconcord_make_object (genre, obj, ds);
       UNGCPRO;
-      return Fconcord_make_object (genre, obj, ds);
+      return retval;
     }
   return Qnil;
 }
                      CONCORD_Feature feature,
                      CONCORD_String value)
 {
+  struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2, gcpro3;
   Lisp_Object obj, val, ret;
 
 #if 0
                                  Qfile_name),
                                 Qnil, Qnil));
 #endif
+  GCPRO1 (obj);
   obj = Fconcord_make_object (for_each_object_closure->genre,
                              obj,
                              for_each_object_closure->ds);
+  UNGCPRO;
 #if 0
   val = read_from_c_string (CONCORD_String_data (value),
                            CONCORD_String_size (value) );
                                  Qfile_name),
                                 Qnil, Qnil));
 #endif
+  GCPRO3 (obj, val, ret);
   ret = call2 (for_each_object_closure->function, obj, val);
+  UNGCPRO;
   for_each_object_closure->ret = ret;
   return !NILP (ret);
 }
 */
        (function, feature, genre, ds))
 {
+  struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2, gcpro3, gcpro4;
   Lisp_CONCORD_DS* lds;
   char* genre_name;
   CONCORD_Genre c_genre;
   for_each_object_closure->genre = genre;
   for_each_object_closure->ds = ds;
   for_each_object_closure->ret = Qnil;
+  GCPRO4 (for_each_object_closure->function,
+         for_each_object_closure->genre,
+         for_each_object_closure->ds,
+         for_each_object_closure->ret);
   concord_feature_foreach_obj_string (c_feature, func_for_each_object);
+  UNGCPRO;
   /* return Qt; */
   return for_each_object_closure->ret;
 }
 static int
 concord_object_validate (Lisp_Object data, Error_behavior errb)
 {
+  struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2, gcpro3;
+  Lisp_Object retval;
   Lisp_Object valw = Qnil;
   Lisp_Object genre = Qnil;
   Lisp_Object oid = Qnil;
       return 0;
     }
 
-  if (NILP (Fconcord_make_object (genre, oid, Qnil)))
+  GCPRO3 (genre, oid, retval);
+  retval = Fconcord_make_object (genre, oid, Qnil);
+  UNGCPRO;
+  if (NILP (retval))
     {
       maybe_signal_simple_error_2 ("No such Concord-object",
                                   oid, genre, Qconcord_object, errb);