From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-10-22T01:58:56+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory management

Bazsl wrote:
> I am new to Ruby. If I instantiate an object instance with
> 
> x = Foo.new
> 
> should I set x to nil to free the object instance when it is no longer 
> needed?
> 
> Can anyone point me to any articles etc. on memory management in Ruby?
> 
> Thanks.
> 

For the most part you don't need to worry about memory management in 
Ruby. When there are no more references to an object, Ruby's garbage 
collector will collect the object and make its storage available for re-use.

If you want to know more, here's a good article: 
http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/theFullyUpturnedBin.html.

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