The number of variables is not going to be a problem. But watch out if you have for instance several arrays with 50,000 elements in each. Those can eat up some memory.
Ruby has what's called a "garbage collector" that handles removing things that the script is done with. -Chris On 3/28/07, vijay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello people, > > Can we use as many variable names as we want in a script without worrying > about the memory wastage? Each variable is going to occupy some bytes in > memory and those bytes would remain occupied as long as the script is > running. If so, then in order to avoid memory wastage, to the maximum > possible extent, we need to use as few variables as possible in the script. > Is this right? Can I make Watir free the memory space occupied by a variable > once I find that the variable is not needed anymore? Thinking on the lines > of not wasting memory, I am using same variables again and again in the > script. If I could find out a way, through you people, to free the memory > space occupied by a variable, I would use several variables with appropriate > names in the script. > > Thanks for your time, > Vijay. > _______________________________________________ > Wtr-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general > _______________________________________________ Wtr-general mailing list [email protected] http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/wtr-general
