On Wednesday, 11 September 2013 at 10:28:37 UTC, Gary Willoughby
wrote:
You can then let the GC handle it or free it yourself with
GC.free(*buffer).
But if the buffer is stored in a static variable, the GC will
never collect it. I *could* also free it myself, but why/when
would I do that?
Did you just just let your buffer grow, and never let it get
collected?
Is there a way to do something like "I'm using this buffer, but
if you want to collect it, then go ahead. I'll reallocate a new
one *if/when* I need it again"
