From: nobu.nokada@... Date: 2001-12-21T04:34:45+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:29161] Re: Constant loss of memory with Kernel::load in a loop At Fri, 21 Dec 2001 03:27:03 +0900, Christian Boos wrote: > The original problem iirc was about repetitively loading the same file > over and over again. > If one refers to the "intern"ed version of that filename, wouldn't it > always refer to the same string? Yes. It's similar to my proposal except using a particular table instead of one for Symbol. Nobu Nakada