From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T02:08:21+09:00
Subject: Re: garbage collection

Tom Allison wrote:
> I haven't a copy of the code yet but a friend of mine was bemoaning
> his efforts to create an application in ruby (conversion from python)
> and ran into a problem.
>
> He discards a LOT of objects during the final steps of his application
> run.  This part of the process ultimately results in a crash every
> time he runs it.

What exactly do you mean by "discard"?  Does he simply stop referencing a
big collection?  Are there finalizers defined for objects?

> Is there something that can be recommended to help with garbage
> collection?

Do not switch it off.

Seriously, your description is a bit vague, so it's difficult to tell what
the cause of his problem is (might not be GC at all).

Kind regards

    robert