The namespace binding is what's holding onto the head. This is a common enough question (which tends to occur more in toy programs than real ones) that it probably belongs in a FAQ.
-Per On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Jeff Palmucci <jpalmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, I posted this question and it turned up under the 1.3 Alpha 1 > thread. Apparently you cannot reply to an email from the group, edit > the header, and start a new discussion. Here it is again: > > I have a very simple test case in clojure 1.2: > (def *100000000* (count (range 0 100000000))) > I have a loop running in another thread that periodically causes a > full gc and then prints the amount of used memory every 2 seconds. > Evaluating the above form, I get: > Used memory: 0.079951296 G > Used memory: 0.32577516 G > Used memory: 0.847947752 G > Used memory: 1.377162736 G > Used memory: 1.878349032 G > Used memory: 2.202150656 G > Used memory: 2.686696656 G > Used memory: 3.14701836 G > ... > Seems like something is holding onto the front of the sequence. > However, if I use the following instead: > (def *100000000* (#(count (range 0 100000000)))) > The problem goes away: > Used memory: 0.07999508 G > Used memory: 0.0799572 G > Used memory: 0.07999796 G > Used memory: 0.079997392 G > Used memory: 0.111486904 G > Used memory: 0.079995512 G > Used memory: 0.11590836 G > Used memory: 0.080138968 G > Used memory: 0.080005136 G > Used memory: 0.079963912 G > Used memory: 0.07996396 G > Used memory: 0.079964008 G > Any ideas? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
