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| module GC |
GC module provides an interface to Ruby's mark and sweep garbage
collection mechanism.
Some of the underlying methods are also
available via the ObjectSpace module, described
beginning on page 434.
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| disable |
GC.disable -> true or false
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Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage
collection was already disabled.
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| enable |
GC.enable -> true or false
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Enables garbage collection, returning true if garbage
collection was disabled.
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| start |
GC.start -> nil
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Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
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| garbage_collect |
garbage_collect -> nil
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Equivalent to GC::start.
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