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Subject: Re: Destroying an Object
From: Tom Metge <tom () accident-prone ! com>
Date: 2007-12-26 18:24:54
Message-ID: 216FD3C0-545F-4108-ABED-DA6243B83350 () accident-prone ! com
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On Dec 26, 2007, at 10:18 AM, Tim Hunter wrote:
> Ken A. wrote:
>> Tim Hunter wrote:
>>> Ken Awamura wrote:
>>>> Suppose I create a new object:
>>>>
>>>> p = new Object
>>>>
>>>> How can I kill/destroy this object forever?
>>> First, it's
>>>
>>> p = Object.new
>>>
>>> Second, you can't. Ruby automatically cleans up an object when
>>> there is
>>> no more references to it.
>> Does ruby's garbage collector really work, or it's as lame as .NET
>> garbage collector?
>
> It really works.
>
> --
> RMagick: http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/
>
>
it won't be gc'd until all references to the object are gone... if you
want to ensure that it is collected, dereferencing it will guarantee
garbage collection:
p = nil
this isn't as important with instance variables- if wrapped in a
method or class, they will be gc'd on the next gc run after the method
returns. class and other types are more important... but then again,
why use a class variable if you *don't* want it around?
and yes, ruby's gc works quite well, more so when you know precisely
what to expect :) you can run garbage collection manually, but it
almost never works the way you want it to... especially in light of
ruby's already trustable gc.
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