Is GC smart enough not to reallocate?

[MMJones via Digitalmars-d]

Suppose one has something like

class foo
{
   int[] x;
   void bar()
   {
      x = [];
   }
}
Does the GC trash the "cache" when calling bar or does it realize 
that it can use the same memory for x and essentially just 
shortens the array?

Is it equivalent to setting length = 0?

I'm a bit worried that setting a managed array to [] might cause 
a completely new reallocation, which is unnecessary and 
undesirable.