From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2008-10-23T23:30:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory concerns wrt garbage collection etc


> doc=Hpricot.new(open("http://somewhere/"))
> # a bunch of processing
> doc=Hpricot.new(open("http://somewhere.else/"))
> # some more processing here.
> 
> 
> When does the memory from the first instance get released? As soon as
> no references point to that chunk of memory or right at the end of the
> scope of wherever that object was instantiated?

Theoretically as soon as you redefine doc you'll no longer have any 
references to it so it will be collected when the GC "kicks in" or when 
you call GC.start--whichever comes first.
GL.
-=R
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