[REBOL] Re: Memory usage
From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 19-Oct-2005 8:42
Peter Carlsson napsal(a):
>Gregg Irwin wrote:
>
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>PC> I have noticed that if I execute a script repeatedly
>>PC> I will eventually ran out of memory. I have seen this
>>PC> for REBOL/Core on both Linux and Windows and with
>>PC> different versions.
>>
>>PC> I am almost certain that it has to do with my script
>>PC> and the way REBOL allocate memory for variables. What
>>PC> should I do in my script to clean up before exit?
>>
>>Can you provide more information about what your script does? Hard to
>>say otherwise.
>>
>>
>
>Well, it actually is a big program which creates a few
>but big lists of text strings. These lists are initially
>cleared with 'a-list: copy []'. Is there a better way?
>I thought that this would clear any old values and free
>that memory.
>
>Maybe I should do like Sunanda suggested in a previous
>email.
>
>Could I use 'context' for this purpose?
>
>Best regards,
>Peter Carlsson
>
Hi Peter,
actually I am sure, that there is nothing wrong with (a-list: copy []).
It should be sufficient to free previously allocated space for A-LIST.
RECYCLE is not meant to be used regularly by users, because the Garbage
Collector runs automatically. The best what you can do is to create a
simplified version of your script running out of memory, which might
reveal a bug either in your code or in the interpreter.
-L
