From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-08-24T04:19:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Why Ruby Uses Mark-and-Sweep GC?

Thanks for all the responses.  So I guess we are already dealing with a
pretty reasonable gc and I just have to make effort to get around it.

I have just one thing that I would like to get clarified.  Suppose the
code is as simple as

    loop (in C):
        create a (simple) Ruby object
        interact with the user through this Ruby object
        when the user method returns, delete this Ruby object

If I try to modify the sweep part by deleting this Ruby object manually,
will it likely to break?

Regards,

Bill
============================================================================
Sean Middleditch <elanthis@awesomeplay.com> wrote:
>>     "Is there a way to manually and explicitly delete a Ruby object (from
>> C), just like Python's delete function, so that the sweep (and mark) phase
>> needs not be done?"

> This would break.  Bad.  Lots of internal objects would never get
> cleared, either.  There is more to the language than just what you
> allocate/free.