From: "ara.t.howard" <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2007-10-28T15:06:14+09:00
Subject: Re: How fast does your Ruby run?


On Oct 27, 2007, at 11:46 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

> Because ObjectSpace needs to be loaded/enabled *before* the objects  
> you want to track come into existance. Unlike Ruby's simple GC and  
> memory model, in JRuby we have to explicitly add objects created to  
> a walkable list. There's no capability on most modern GCed VMs to  
> walk the heap at will. Because of that, any objects created before  
> ObjectSpace is enabled would not be visible during any subsequent  
> walk. Generally, autoload would be far too late.

hmmm.  an exception seems best then - force the require up front.   
or, is there perhaps a lighter weight method to mark things so you  
*could* bootstrap ObjectSpace once it was loaded?

cheers.

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