From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-06-26T08:00:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Clearing the RAM

Ari Brown wrote:
> Hey,
> I was wondering, is there a way to clear the RAM Ruby uses in some 
> code? For instance, if I read in an entire file into the memory, can I 
> clear the RAM that was used?
>
I think the only way you could do that (or at least the only practical 
way) would be to define a special-purpose class in a C extension and use 
instances of the class to allocate the memory and control whatever goes 
into it. When GC says you can free the memory then you can set it to 
all-bits-0 or whatever other action constitutes "clearing."

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