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.
Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was already disabled.
GC.disable #=> false GC.disable #=> true
VALUE
rb_gc_disable()
{
int old = dont_gc;
dont_gc = Qtrue;
return old;
}
Enables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was previously disabled.
GC.disable #=> false GC.enable #=> true GC.enable #=> false
VALUE
rb_gc_enable()
{
int old = dont_gc;
dont_gc = Qfalse;
return old;
}
Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
VALUE
rb_gc_start()
{
rb_gc();
return Qnil;
}
returns current status of GC stress mode.
static VALUE
gc_stress_get(self)
VALUE self;
{
return ruby_gc_stress ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}
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