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reply Paolo Invernizzi <arathorn NOSPAM_fastwebnet.it> writes:
Hi all,

DMD 0.159 win32, Why I don't see my memory exploding while the program 
is running?


int main(char[][] argv) {
     std.gc.disable();
     for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
         byte[] a = new byte[10000000];
     }
}

Thanks!

---
Paolo Invernizzi
May 30 2006
parent reply Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Paolo Invernizzi wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 DMD 0.159 win32, Why I don't see my memory exploding while the program
 is running?
 
 
 int main(char[][] argv) {
     std.gc.disable();
     for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
         byte[] a = new byte[10000000];
     }
 }
 
 Thanks!
 
 ---
 Paolo Invernizzi


Well, I can only think of a few possibilities:

1. DMD is (for some reason) still collecting the old arrays.
2. DMD is smart enough to omit that line entirely since it knows you're
not using it.
3. You have 9 terabytes of RAM.



The only other thing I can think of is that the program is crashing, but
not telling you.  Have you verified that the program is getting past
that for loop?

	-- Daniel

-- 
Unlike Knuth, I have neither proven or tried the above; it may not even
make sense.

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May 30 2006
next sibling parent reply Tom S <h3r3tic remove.mat.uni.torun.pl> writes:
Daniel Keep wrote:

 Paolo Invernizzi wrote:

 Hi all,

 DMD 0.159 win32, Why I don't see my memory exploding while the program
 is running?


 int main(char[][] argv) {
     std.gc.disable();
     for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
         byte[] a = new byte[10000000];
     }
 }

 Thanks!

 ---
 Paolo Invernizzi


 
 Well, I can only think of a few possibilities:
 
 1. DMD is (for some reason) still collecting the old arrays.
 2. DMD is smart enough to omit that line entirely since it knows you're
 not using it.
 3. You have 9 terabytes of RAM.
 



There's the fourth option => std.gc.disable is not implemented.
I was also curious about this, so I checked the source and 
std.gc.disable/enable only seem to increment/decrement one variable that 
is never used...


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May 30 2006
parent Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:
Tom S wrote:

 Daniel Keep wrote:

 Paolo Invernizzi wrote:

 Hi all,

 DMD 0.159 win32, Why I don't see my memory exploding while the program
 is running?


 int main(char[][] argv) {
     std.gc.disable();
     for (int i=0; i < 1000000; i++) {
         byte[] a = new byte[10000000];
     }
 }

 Thanks!

 ---
 Paolo Invernizzi


 Well, I can only think of a few possibilities:

 1. DMD is (for some reason) still collecting the old arrays.
 2. DMD is smart enough to omit that line entirely since it knows you're
 not using it.
 3. You have 9 terabytes of RAM.




 
 There's the fourth option => std.gc.disable is not implemented.
 I was also curious about this, so I checked the source and
 std.gc.disable/enable only seem to increment/decrement one variable that
 is never used...
 
 


HAHAHAHA.  Oh, I wasn't expecting that one...  Hopefully that gets fixed
at some point :P

	-- Daniel

-- 
Unlike Knuth, I have neither proven or tried the above; it may not even
make sense.

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May 30 2006
prev sibling parent Tom <ihate spam.com> writes:
Daniel Keep escribió:

 
 [snip]


 3. You have 9 terabytes of RAM.
 



LOL!!! :')


 [snip]


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May 30 2006