From: David Vallner <david@...>
Date: 2006-10-26T06:02:59+09:00
Subject: Re: debugging memory use and GC

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snacktime wrote:
> What is a good way to find out what objects are not being GC'd ?  I am
> seeing a strange pattern I can't figure out.  The app is handling
> large files and will use up to 150mb or so of memory and then when I
> call GC.start it goes back down to around 8mb.  But after a few cycles
> memory stops being reclaimed.
>=20

Debug, set a breakpoint after GC when you expect the anomaly to occur,
inspect ObjectSpace?

David Vallner


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