From: Charles Oliver Nutter <headius@...>
Date: 2010-03-19T13:46:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:28768] Re: [Feature #1047](Feedback) request: getters, 	setters for the GC

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Yusuke Endoh <redmine@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> - The name `malloc_limit' is very arguable because it is too specific
> ��to implementation-detail of MRI.

I really hope we would not start to see a bunch of libraries or
frameworks setting things like "malloc_limit". You probably worry the
same thing.

> - HEAP_MIN_SLOTS is just referred when the interpreter is initialized.
> ��So I guess dynamic change of HEAP_MIN_SLOTS makes no sense.

FWIW, on the JVM, most of the GC tunable settings must be set on
startup as well.

- Charlie