From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-01-27T04:23:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Garbage collection


On Jan 26, 2012, at 8:04, Hector Quiroz <hectorquiroz1@gmail.com> wrote:

> MMR.new.initHeader(['id', 'name', 'cap'])
> # The above line instanciates an MMR object and initializes @@header.
> # My question is, since I don't have a variable pointing to this newly
> # instantiated MMR object, can it be removed by the garbage collector?
> # Is this dangerous?

It is assigning a class var, so you do have an active reference to it: the MMR class. Unless you make the class get collected (hard to do), it is safe for the span of your program's run.