From: inform@... Date: 2017-08-04T10:30:35+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:82239] [Ruby trunk Bug#13783] Memory allocation / GC does not free unused memory Issue #13783 has been reported by opti (Andreas Opti). ---------------------------------------- Bug #13783: Memory allocation / GC does not free unused memory https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/13783 * Author: opti (Andreas Opti) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: ruby 2.4.0p0 (2016-12-24 revision 57164) [x86_64-linux] * Backport: 2.2: UNKNOWN, 2.3: UNKNOWN, 2.4: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- 100.times {x=[]; 1000000.times {|i| x.push [i,i*3]} } 100.times should use (more or less) the same memory as 3.times, also GC.start after x=[] doesn't help! Problem: system begins swapping if doing that many times (using large data arrays running for longer times) -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: