From: Suraj Kurapati <skurapat@...>
Date: 2006-02-19T16:31:26+09:00
Subject: Re: maximum number of module methods?

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Suraj Kurapati wrote:
> Maybe I'm starting the Ruby interpreter incorrectly:

This is not the case, because of the following experiments:

1. I added lots of extra print-inspect (p "foo") statements in the
Ruby script-file that is executed by the Ruby interpreter, and a
SystemStackError occurred.

2. I added four extra module functions to the VPI module and kept
only one statement (p "foo") in the entire Ruby script-file that is
executed by the Ruby interpreter, and a SystemStackError occurred.

It seems that when the Ruby interpreter is embedded in my C program,
its heap is very limited (compared to when it is run as a single
process at the command-line `ruby`).

As a result, I think that when the Ruby interpreter tries to keep
its state (modules, classes, methods, variables, etc.) in the heap
like it does normally, it runs out of space and gives a
SystemStackError.

Is there a way I can check how much heap space is available to the
Ruby interpreter? How about increasing the heap space?
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