From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2001-08-23T01:26:01+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:20114] GC in extensions

If I have:

    (1) VALUE foo1, foo2;
        ...
    (2) foo1 = rb_str_new2("foo1");
    (3) foo2 = rb_str_new2("foo2");

and line (2) uses up all available memory, then will line (3) attempt to
garbage collect?  Is it possible that foo1 might no longer be available?

How can I prevent this without too much of a speed hit?

Paul