From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2008-02-19T23:41:58+09:00
Subject: Re: GC error ?

>>>>> "R" == =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rados=B3aw Bu=B3at?= <ISO-8859-2> writes:

R> My point is that this simple program should use constant amount of
R> _maximum_ (like mine simple program). memory but it doesn't (even if
R> we call GC manually it frees memory but heap capacity increases so
R> each time maximum used memory is greater than before).

 Write it like this

   def leaker
      GC.disable
      a = ""
      10000.times do
         a =  a + "buble"
      end
      GC.enable
      a = ""
   end



Guy Decoux