I call this inside a c++ function, so it definitely goes out of the scope
with the whole handle_scope...
but memory isn't being freed

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 5:47 PM, Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 3:23 PM, Sergey F. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I also creates SO question regarding v8 behavior with some code attached,
> > please see:
> >
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34694591/v8-impossible-to-free-memory-allocated-by-context
>
> Reproducing your example here for posterity:
>
>     Isolate::CreateParams create_params;
>     create_params.array_buffer_allocator = &array_buffer_allocator;
>
>     Isolate* isolate = Isolate::New(create_params);
>     Locker locker(isolate);
>     Isolate::Scope isolate_scope(isolate);
>     HandleScope handle_scope(isolate);
>
>     Local<Context> ctx = Context::New(isolate);
>     Context::Scope context_scope(ctx);
>
>     Local<Script> script;
>     Local<String> name = String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "wtf.js");
>     Local<String> source = String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "var a = [];
> for(var i = 0; i < 300; i++) a.push(new Array(1000000).join('*'));");
>     ScriptOrigin origin(String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, "wtf.js"));
>
>     script = Script::Compile(ctx, source, &origin).ToLocalChecked();
>     Handle<Value> result = script->Run(ctx).ToLocalChecked();
>
> The first thing that stands out to me is that |ctx| is scoped to the
> lifetime of |handle_scope|, i.e., |ctx| won't be eligible for garbage
> collection until |handle_scope| goes out of scope.
>
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