Hi Russ,
It is quite hard to debug somebody else's application, especially without
access to the code, but here are some suggestions of what I would do.
Can you move your code to a new/fresh image and see what happens there
(especially after just one iteration of loading your data) ?
Is there a difference between loading your data and opening your app with
respect to the retention of garbage ? This would help to determine if this is a
UI problem or a domain model problem.
There are tools that help you to figure out who holds a specific object
('Reverse pointers to' in the Inspector) but these are not so easy to use (you
get lots of data).
Sven
> On 31 Mar 2020, at 16:55, Russ Whaley <whaley.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My image size keeps growing and growing. I've been scouring Google and
> mailing lists, trying to find a solution.
>
> Observables:
> • Running this 'query' shows I have a whole lot instances of Objects
> I've created that are not "releasing". There are 65000 instances of one
> Object/Class, and 350,000 of another. (there are more, these are just the
> big hitters).
> (Object allSubclasses collect: [ :aClass |
> aClass -> aClass allInstances size])
> sort: [ :a :b | a value > b value ].
> • Each time I load my app/UI - which creates/loads another 5000 of one
> object and 25,000 of the 2nd object - my Class>>instanceCount(s) keep growing
> and so does my image size.
> • I've done:
> • Smalltalk garbageCollect.
> • Smalltalk garbageCollectMost.
> • 10 timesRepeat: [ Smalltalk garbageCollect]. (many, many
> times)
> Somehow, these instances I create are not 'releasing'. All of my Classes are
> direct subclasses of Object. Interestingly enough, all these objects sit in
> a single collection for the high-level model - and there are only 67
> instances of that Object... here's the hierarchy:
>
> MyTunes - instance holds a Dictionary of Libraries, rootFolder and tags
> collection
> Library - instance(s) hold Dictionary of Artists & Playlists, tags
> collection, and MyTunes reference
> Artist - instances hold Dictionary of Albums, and Library reference
> Album - instances hold Dictionary of Tracks, and Artist reference
> Track - instances hold TagInfo, Album reference
> TagInfo - instances hold fileReference and ByteString of ID3 tag info.
> PlayList - instances hold Dictionary of Tracks, Library reference.
>
> Here's my start code in my app... (I don't know how to use SpApplication,
> SpPresenter and my model(s) together - this may be part of the problem)..
>
> start
> "Override this to start your app"
> "*** I don't know how to use SpApplicatoin, SpPresenter and my model MyTunes
> ***"
>
> | myTunes tmpLibrary myPres |
>
> "where do I store the model -> MyTunes?"
> myTunes := MyTunes new.
>
> "this is just for testing, but the actual re-load of the library takes 15-20
> minutes (60,000 files!)"
> tmpLibrary := myTunes readLibraryFromSTONfile.
> myTunes addLibrary: tmpLibrary.
>
> "where do I store the presenter -> MyTunesPresenter? "
> myPres := MyTunesPresenter on: tmpLibrary.
> myPres openWithSpec.
>
> While I'd love help with my App/Pres/Model - my first goal is to stop the
> rapid growth of my object.
>
> Questions?
>
> Thanks!
> Russ Whaley (USA, Ohio)
>
> --
> Russ Whaley
> whaley.r...@gmail.com
