Memory use, forcing GC, %oXX vars keeping references
Subject: Memory use, forcing GC, %oXX vars keeping references
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:34:54 -0500
> > each iteration, but I'm thinking perhaps that the %o1,%o2 type
> > variables keep a handle to these big lists so they aren't gc'ed.
> Oh really? that would be a bummer. Are you ending each %i command with
> $ ?
Ending the %i command with a $ keeps the result from being displayed,
but still assigns the value to the %o variable. Setting nolabels:true
turns off assigning the result to the %o variable, and displays the
result if the %i ends with ";".
-s