From: ts Date: 2001-12-17T23:46:44+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:28775] Re: Constant loss of memory with Kernel::load in a loop >>>>> "J" == Jens Nissen writes: J> Or am I missing something? Yes, the string which is the result of strdup() is stored in *each* node that ruby will create. If you free it, ruby will have problem when it want to display the name of the file (for example when it display an error message) Guy Decoux