From: Stephen Kellett <snail@...>
Date: 2005-12-03T02:22:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory Leaks: How to see GC Roots?

In message <20051201155717.GI20330@boing.buug.de>, Sven C. Koehler
<schween@snafu.de> writes
>Is there a way to get a list of all GC roots in my Ruby program?  I know
>there is a memory leak somewhere in my application, I just don't know in
>which part.  Listing all variables on the Heap becomes too large, but just
>seeing the GC roots would be a great help.  Can you suggest some ideas?

If you are on Windows then Ruby Memory Validator can do this.

        http://www.softwareverify.com

Stephen
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