From: John Ky <newhoggy@...>
Date: 2008-12-02T17:31:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Memory usage with blocks

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Hi,

I think it's the memory profiler I'm using:

           MemoryProfiler.start

Nevermind.

Does anyone know how to properly find memory leaks in a ruby app?

Thanks,

-John

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:19 PM, John Ky <newhoggy@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've got some code, which when run uses a lot of memory (aprox 600 MB for a
> particular given input).  I am trying to figure out why it is using so
> much.
>
> When I replace the following code:
>
>                head.play_back do |root|
>                   block.call(root)
>                end
>
> With this:
>
>                head.play_back(&block)
>
> And make other similar changes.  The program behaves exactly the same way,
> but now uses 200MB less.  Can someone explain to me why this is the case?
>
> I use blocks everywhere and I'm worried, they're leaking in my code.
>
> joky@linux08:~/wa/bvc-pure-cs/comet/src/swig_client_api/ruby $ ruby -v
> ruby 1.8.7 (2008-06-20 patchlevel 22) [i686-linux]
>
> Thanks
>
> -John
>

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