On Monday 23 April 2007 16:41, Matt Diephouse wrote:
> Leopold Toetsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Am Montag, 23. April 2007 20:23 schrieb chromatic:
> > > > .sub main :main
> > > > loop:
> > > > $P0 = new .String
> > > > goto loop
> > > > .end
> >
> > That's an endless loop. How does one measure, if it's leaking memory?
> Presumably, every iteration of the loop uses the same "physical"
> register. This should free up the String from the previous iteration
> for collection. If there's a leak, memory would climb higher and
> higher; if there's not, it should level out.
I also threw in my favorite:
$P1 = getinterp
...
$P1.'run_gc'()
top still showed ever-increasing virtual set sizes.
I'll trace what compact_pool() does to see if that sheds any light.
-- c
