In Files

  • gc.c

GC

The GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark and sweep garbage collection mechanism. Some of the underlying methods are also available via the ObjectSpace module.

Public Class Methods

disable => true or false click to toggle source

Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was already disabled.

GC.disable   #=> false
GC.disable   #=> true

 
               VALUE
rb_gc_disable()
{
    int old = dont_gc;

    dont_gc = Qtrue;
    return old;
}
enable => true or false click to toggle source

Enables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was previously disabled.

GC.disable   #=> false
GC.enable    #=> true
GC.enable    #=> false

 
               VALUE
rb_gc_enable()
{
    int old = dont_gc;

    dont_gc = Qfalse;
    return old;
}
start => nil click to toggle source

Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.

 
               VALUE
rb_gc_start()
{
    rb_gc();
    return Qnil;
}

Public Instance Methods

garbage_collect => nil click to toggle source
garbage_collect => nil

Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.

 
               VALUE
rb_gc_start()
{
    rb_gc();
    return Qnil;
}