From: "Kroeger, Simon (ext)" <simon.kroeger.ext@...>
Date: 2006-07-24T22:45:34+09:00
Subject: Re: GC in C extension....

 

> From: jared.r.richardson@gmail.com 
> [mailto:jared.r.richardson@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 3:20 PM

> 
> Here's a follow-on then.. my program is now running great but leaking
> lots of memory. :) Because it's a database driver, it doesn't 
> terminate
> but rather runs  for a very long time.
> 
> Declaring the variable as rb_global_variable prevents Ruby 
> from garbage
> collecting it. How do I release it back to Ruby again? Is there a
> rb_unset_global_variable?

Not that I know of, but use a global array or hash and put everything
you want to keep in it. Inserting and deleting from a hash should
be even faster than rb_global_variable.

cheers

Simon