From: normalperson@... Date: 2015-10-22T20:54:44+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:71164] [Ruby trunk - Feature #11614] [Open] [RFC] use id_table for constant tables Issue #11614 has been reported by Eric Wong. ---------------------------------------- Feature #11614: [RFC] use id_table for constant tables https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/11614 * Author: Eric Wong * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: ---------------------------------------- ref: [ruby-core:71142] [ruby-core:71151] I'm not sure if using rb_class_name in object.c is enough to prevent breaking all existing code. Until this is sufficiently reviewed, I have no plans to commit this patch at the moment. valgrind 3.9.0 on x86-64 reports a minor reduction in memory usage when loading only RubyGems and RDoc by running: ruby -rrdoc -eexit before: HEAP SUMMARY: in use at exit: 2,913,448 bytes in 27,394 blocks total heap usage: 48,362 allocs, 20,968 frees, 9,034,621 bytes alloc after: HEAP SUMMARY: in use at exit: 2,880,056 bytes in 26,712 blocks total heap usage: 47,791 allocs, 21,079 frees, 9,046,507 bytes alloc * class.c (struct clone_const_arg): adjust for id_table (clone_const): ditto (clone_const_i): ditto (rb_mod_init_copy): ditto (rb_singleton_class_clone_and_attach): ditto (rb_include_class_new): ditto (include_modules_at): ditto * constant.h (rb_free_const_table): ditto * gc.c (free_const_entry_i): ditto (rb_free_const_table): ditto (obj_memsize_of): ditto (mark_const_entry_i): ditto (mark_const_tbl): ditto * internal.h (struct rb_classext_struct): ditto * object.c (rb_mod_const_set): resolve class name on assignment * variable.c (const_update): replace with const_tbl_update (const_tbl_update): new function (fc_i): adjust for id_table (find_class_path): ditto (autoload_const_set): st_update => const_tbl_update (rb_const_remove): adjust for id_table (sv_i): ditto (rb_local_constants_i): ditto (rb_local_constants): ditto (rb_mod_const_at): ditto (rb_mod_const_set): ditto (rb_const_lookup): ditto ---Files-------------------------------- 0001-use-id_table-for-constant-tables.patch (18.3 KB) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/