From: Eric Wong <normalperson@...>
Date: 2015-01-17T21:39:41+00:00
Subject: [ruby-core:67660] Re: [ruby-trunk - Bug #10686] Memory leaking from torture test of symbol GC

Symbol GC is a new feature in 2.2.  In 2.1, symbols could never be GC-ed
at all so you'll see this growth, and I don't think it's the policy to
backport new features.