From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2001-05-10T09:40:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14926] Re: [Q] Ruby garbage collector and non-ruby objects?

Hi,

Leo <see_signature@127.0.0.1> writes:

|For example, assume I have a ruby extension written in C "mylib.so"
|It has some *local* variable which allocates memory using malloc:

<snip code>

|Will the Ruby garbage collector recycle the memory allocated in foo() when p_p
|local variable goes out of scope? Or should I explicitly call "free(p_p)" ?

You should explicitly call free() or wrap and make them Ruby
Objects using Wrap_Data_Struct().

							matz.