From: Raj Sahae <rajsahae@...>
Date: 2007-03-27T12:32:58+09:00
Subject: Re: drb recycled object problem

Raj Sahae wrote:
> ara.t.howard@noaa.gov wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2007, Raj Sahae wrote:
>>
>>> Raj Sahae wrote:
>>>> I did a search on google and found the following page.
>>>> http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/vframe.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/13236?13221-13721 
>>>> Going down on that page, you find a header saying 'drb and 
>>>> "recycled objects" error'.
>>>> I am having a similar error (recycled object, RangeError), but I 
>>>> don't understand the solution given here, and I was hoping someone 
>>>> could explain to me what the solution is, and why it works.  What 
>>>> is GCing?
>>>>
>>>> Raj Sahae
>>>>
>>>>
>>> bump?
>>
>> you have a handle on an object which has been garbage collected on 
>> the server.
>> if you're going to be serving objects you need to be sure a reference 
>> to them
>>   is maintained on the server.
>>
>> -a
> Ahh, that's what recycled object means then.  So how do I prevent the 
> object from being recycled until the server program is exited.  Also, 
> why is the server recycling an object that is still in use?
>
> Raj
>
>
Sorry for the double post.  I should have done a little reading on the 
GC module before asking that last question.  Let me rephrase and instead 
ask, is it wise to disable garbage collection at the beginning of a 
program, then enable it when the program quits out?  Seems to me that's 
asking for trouble unless you really know what you are doing.