[ruby-talk:5562] Re: GC: malloc_memories

Hi,

In message "[ruby-talk:5558] GC: malloc_memories"
    on 00/10/16, Mathieu Bouchard <[e-mail]> writes:

|My question is: why is it that there is a malloc_memories count, that not
|only counts the sum of ruby_xmalloc bytes, but also the sum of
|ruby_xrealloc bytes. Since ruby_xrealloc doesn't know what is the current
|size of the resized structure, it just adds the new size to it, which can
|precipitate a new GC cycle if lots of resizing is done. My biggest
|concern, though, is that the GC operates on object cells, which are not
|allocated with ruby_x*alloc procedures, but the malloc_memories system

malloc_memories is to retrieve additional, inexact information about
memory usage.  If we have more accurate information, feel free to
advise me.

							matz.