From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-10-27T07:25:08+09:00
Subject: Re: debugging memory use and GC

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Joel VanderWerf wrote:

> ----
>
> [1] See:
>
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/ruby/marshal.c?cvsroot=src
>
> and grep for vjoel:
>
> * marshal.c (w_object): T_DATA process patch from Joel VanderWerf
>  <vjoel@PATH.Berkeley.EDU>.  This is temporary hack; it remains
>  undocumented, and it will be removed when marshaling is
>  re-designed.
>
> The hack is still there (as of 1.8.5, anyway), still undocumented, and still 
> useful.
>
> The original discussion about why it is useful starts at:
>
> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/34037

now __that__ is good know!

cheers.

-a
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