From: ara howard <ara.t.howard@...>
Date: 2008-03-25T12:13:44+09:00
Subject: Re: memory allocation reporting?


On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Joey Marino wrote:

> I created a script that using up alot of memory very quickly. All the
> resources like file handles, db results, and objects are being  
> freed. I am
> using a third party library so I am wondering if the problem lies  
> with their
> code.
> My question is what would I use to make a report showing how much  
> memory is
> being allocated by which objects, methods and variables. I remember a
> professor doing something like this with run times in c++ with the gcc
> compiler.
> -- 
> Joey Marino

the simplest way to see what's happening is probably dike

gem install dike

http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/dike/dike-0.0.4/README

take a snapshot before and after an allocation by the lib the use dike  
to do a diff.

regards.

a @ http://codeforpeople.com/
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