Call GC to do a garbage collection : GC « Development « Ruby

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Call GC to do a garbage collection

a = "hello"
puts "'hello's object id is #{a.id}"
ObjectSpace.define_finalizer(a) { |id| puts "Destroying #{id}" }
GC.start
a = nil
puts "The original string is now a candidate for collection"
GC.start

 

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