From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-12-17T19:51:55+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:28750] Re: Constant loss of memory with Kernel::load in a loop

Jens Nissen wrote:
> #demo.rb
> counter = 0
> while TRUE
>         counter = counter + 1
>         load "loadit.rb"
>         puts "Round #{counter}" if (counter.modulo(100) == 0)
>         GC.start if (counter.modulo(500) == 0)
> end
> #end of demo.rb
> 
> #loadit.rb
> def foo(x)
>         x = x + 1
> end
> 
> foo(1)
> 
> #end of loadit.rb
> 
> Does anybody have an idea where the memory goes away?
> How can I work around this?

I don't know, but maybe it's the method you declare in loadit.rb? 
Does Ruby free overwritten methods? 
To make this sure, simply load an empty file in the while-loop and test
again.

Regards,


  Michael

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