Hi,
On 5/29/19 9:25 PM, Roger Riggs wrote:
Any other comments on:
"* Runs the garbage collector in the Java Virtual Machine.
* <p>
* Calling this method suggests that the Java Virtual Machine
* expend effort toward recycling unused objects in order to
* make the memory they currently occupy available for reuse
* by the Java Virtual Machine.
The following two statements...
1st:
* When control returns from the method call, the Java Virtual Machine
* has made a best effort to reclaim space from all discarded objects.
2nd:
* There is no guarantee that this effort will recycle any particular
* number of unused objects, reclaim any particular amount of space,
* *or complete* at any particular time, if *at all*.
"
...makes one think that it is OK (by the spec) for System.gc() to never
complete.
Could it rather be specified that System.gc() eventually completes?
Regards, Peter
