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Index:
disable
enable
start
garbage_collect
The 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 430.
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class methods
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disable
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GC.disable -> true or false
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Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage
collection was already disabled.
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GC.disable
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false
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GC.disable
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true
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enable
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GC.enable -> true or false
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Enables garbage collection, returning true if garbage
collection was disabled.
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GC.disable
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false
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GC.enable
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true
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GC.enable
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false
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start
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GC.start -> nil
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Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
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Extracted from the book "Programming Ruby -
The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide"
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