From: Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...>
Date: 2010-01-16T01:59:55+09:00
Subject: Re: WIN32OLE memory leaks


On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Masaki Suketa wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 12:55:02AM +0900, Chuck Remes wrote:
>
>>>> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to force these unused  
>>>> objects
>>>> to get GC'ed? This program needs to run a long time so a memory  
>>>> leak
>>>> is absolutely fatal.
>
> (snip)
>
>> I have a method that makes a function call on the COM object
>> (#request_data). When the function has data to return, it generates a
>> "DataResolved" event which triggers my callback which was registered
>> once at the beginning of execution. The callback calls #save and  
>> loops
>> through the collection and pulls some properties into a hash which  
>> then
>> gets inserted into mongodb. When the collection is exhausted, I go  
>> back
>> to #request_data and make another call on the COM object to request  
>> the
>> next batch.
>
> How about calling GC.start before requesting the next batch?
> # If you had used GC.start already, ignore this suggestion.

Calling GC.start does not fix the problem. The program continues to  
leak memory and run out.

cr