From: Michael Davis <mdavis@...>
Date: 2001-06-09T22:48:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16354] Garbage Collection?

Here is a test script that is similar to what my btree is doing.  The 
method test() eats memory like crazy.  What can I do to get this method to 
stop eating memory?  Thanks for any suggestions.

def test()
   #GC.enable
   a = []
   0.upto(99999) {|i| a[i] = rand(999999)}
   b = Marshal.dump(a)
   #c = Marshal.load(b)
   c = nil
   b = nil
   0.upto(a.nitems-1){|i| a[i] = nil}
   a = nil
   GC.start
   #print "GC.start\n"
end

def testing(count)
   0.upto(count){|i| test}
end
GC.enable
testing(200000)