From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2008-04-30T08:34:31+09:00
Subject: Re: leak stuff

MenTaLguY wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:16:34 +0900, Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@path.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>> Roger Pack wrote:
>>>> loop do
>>>> rand(10000000).to_s.to_sym # leaks
>>>> end
>>> This one is also still in Ruby, I believe.
>> Not a leak. Symbols are not collectable.
> 
> It depends on the Ruby implementation.

Is that changing in MRI?

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