The ObjectSpace module contains a number of routines that interact with the garbage collection facility and allow you to traverse all living objects with an iterator.
ObjectSpace also provides support for object finalizers, procs that will be called when a specific object is about to be destroyed by garbage collection.
include ObjectSpace a = "A" b = "B" c = "C" define_finalizer(a, proc {|id| puts "Finalizer one on #{id}" }) define_finalizer(a, proc {|id| puts "Finalizer two on #{id}" }) define_finalizer(b, proc {|id| puts "Finalizer three on #{id}" })
produces:
Finalizer three on 537763470 Finalizer one on 537763480 Finalizer two on 537763480
Converts an object id to a reference to the object. May not be called on an object id passed as a parameter to a finalizer.
s = "I am a string" #=> "I am a string" r = ObjectSpace._id2ref(s.object_id) #=> "I am a string" r == s #=> true
static VALUE
id2ref(obj, objid)
VALUE obj, objid;
{
unsigned long ptr, p0;
int type;
rb_secure(4);
p0 = ptr = NUM2ULONG(objid);
if (ptr == Qtrue) return Qtrue;
if (ptr == Qfalse) return Qfalse;
if (ptr == Qnil) return Qnil;
if (FIXNUM_P(ptr)) return (VALUE)ptr;
ptr = objid ^ FIXNUM_FLAG; /* unset FIXNUM_FLAG */
if ((ptr % sizeof(RVALUE)) == (4 << 2)) {
ID symid = ptr / sizeof(RVALUE);
if (rb_id2name(symid) == 0)
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "%p is not symbol id value", p0);
return ID2SYM(symid);
}
if (!is_pointer_to_heap((void *)ptr)||
(type = BUILTIN_TYPE(ptr)) > T_SYMBOL || type == T_ICLASS) {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "0x%lx is not id value", p0);
}
if (BUILTIN_TYPE(ptr) == 0 || RBASIC(ptr)->klass == 0) {
rb_raise(rb_eRangeError, "0x%lx is recycled object", p0);
}
return (VALUE)ptr;
}
deprecated
static VALUE
add_final(os, block)
VALUE os, block;
{
rb_warn("ObjectSpace::add_finalizer is deprecated; use define_finalizer");
if (!rb_respond_to(block, rb_intern("call"))) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong type argument %s (should be callable)",
rb_obj_classname(block));
}
rb_ary_push(finalizers, block);
return block;
}
deprecated
static VALUE
call_final(os, obj)
VALUE os, obj;
{
rb_warn("ObjectSpace::call_finalizer is deprecated; use define_finalizer");
need_call_final = 1;
FL_SET(obj, FL_FINALIZE);
return obj;
}
Adds aProc as a finalizer, to be called after obj was destroyed.
static VALUE
define_final(argc, argv, os)
int argc;
VALUE *argv;
VALUE os;
{
VALUE obj, block, table;
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &obj, &block);
if (argc == 1) {
block = rb_block_proc();
}
else if (!rb_respond_to(block, rb_intern("call"))) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong type argument %s (should be callable)",
rb_obj_classname(block));
}
need_call_final = 1;
if (!FL_ABLE(obj)) {
rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "cannot define finalizer for %s",
rb_obj_classname(obj));
}
RBASIC(obj)->flags |= FL_FINALIZE;
block = rb_ary_new3(2, INT2FIX(ruby_safe_level), block);
OBJ_FREEZE(block);
if (!finalizer_table) {
finalizer_table = st_init_numtable();
}
if (st_lookup(finalizer_table, obj, &table)) {
rb_ary_push(table, block);
}
else {
table = rb_ary_new3(1, block);
RBASIC(table)->klass = 0;
st_add_direct(finalizer_table, obj, table);
}
return block;
}
Calls the block once for each living, nonimmediate object in this Ruby process. If module is specified, calls the block for only those classes or modules that match (or are a subclass of) module. Returns the number of objects found. Immediate objects (Fixnums, Symbols true, false, and nil) are never returned. In the example below, each_object returns both the numbers we defined and several constants defined in the Math module.
a = 102.7 b = 95 # Won't be returned c = 12345678987654321 count = ObjectSpace.each_object(Numeric) {|x| p x } puts "Total count: #{count}"
produces:
12345678987654321 102.7 2.71828182845905 3.14159265358979 2.22044604925031e-16 1.7976931348623157e+308 2.2250738585072e-308 Total count: 7
static VALUE
os_each_obj(argc, argv, os)
int argc;
VALUE *argv;
VALUE os;
{
VALUE of;
rb_secure(4);
if (argc == 0) {
of = 0;
}
else {
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "01", &of);
}
RETURN_ENUMERATOR(os, 1, &of);
return os_obj_of(of);
}
deprecated
static VALUE
finals()
{
rb_warn("ObjectSpace::finalizers is deprecated");
return finalizers;
}
Initiates garbage collection, unless manually disabled.
VALUE
rb_gc_start()
{
rb_gc();
return Qnil;
}
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