From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-12-29T21:21:02+09:00
Subject: Re: [1.8] speed

>>>>> "n" == nobu nokada <nobu.nokada@softhome.net> writes:

n> 	* gc.c (ruby_xmalloc, ruby_xrealloc): restrict total allocation
n> 	  size according to memories consumed by live objects.
n> 	  [ruby-dev:18482]

n> 	* gc.c (gc_sweep): estimate how live objects consume memories.

 Yes, this is this that it don't like.

 With one my test (reader.rb) it never call the GC with 1.6.8, but call it
 many times with 1.8 (this is a version of bz2 with malloc() for
 Data_Make_Struct() and the libbzip2 buffers).


Guy Decoux