On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 19:46:29 +0300, Yuval Kogman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 05:32:50 -0000, David Formosa (aka ? the Platypus) =
> wrote:
>> > This is getting me thinking though:
>> >=20
>> > $*RUNTIME.Memory.GarbageCollector.dispose($object); # force it,
>> > # even if it should be alive
>>=20
>> Isn't that what we have undefine(...) for?
>
>
> No:
>
> my Dog $spot .=3D new;
> my $spot_II =3D $spot; # another reference
> $*RUNTIME.Memory.GarbageCollector.dispose($spot);
In the GC API this would be
sub GC::dispose (Any $thing is rw,+Bool $recursive=Bool::false --> Int) {...}
And also thinking about it.
sub GC::size (Any $thing,+Bool $recursive=Bool::false --> Int) {...}
Use the GC to sweep accross an object and tell you the size of the object in
memory.
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