Sure, they are collected. This returns #f when I run it for the last result.
#lang racket (define TMP (make-base-namespace)) (define wb (make-weak-box TMP)) (parameterize ([current-namespace TMP]) (namespace-require 'racket) (eval '(length (list 1 2 3)))) (set! TMP #f) (collect-garbage) (weak-box-value wb) On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Ray Racine <[email protected]> wrote: > The API is pretty flexible about creating and loading modules into > namespaces. What is not apparent is how to evict a namespace or the > GC-ableness of a namespace. > > In the REPL, topleve. > > Say I in a scope of code, I create a base namespace I'll call TMP, load or > attach modules into it, switch to it via current-namespace. > > Now say I switch the current-namespace to some other namespace, maybe the > original I saved before I created TMP. At the top-level, to me, there is > no reference to TMP. Will TMP be GC'd? Or is there away to explicitly > "purge" an unused namespace? > > Thanks, > > Ray > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > >
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