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Garbage collection gc()

eDaNoy over 11 years ago

Dear All,

Is there any alternative to gc().

We don't have a license skillDev to enable gc().

Im having this lag problem everytime I load a huge amount of textFile

And I noticed my allegro used a lot memory after reading such file.

I only want to free up my memory before to start another event/function.

Please help.

Thanks

eDave over 11 years ago

Garbage collection should be automatic. You shouldn't need to use gc.
Have you made all your variables local using a let statement?
Dave
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eDaNoy over 11 years ago

I did,
I think Im facing a problem with my table that serves as GLOBAL variable I have just noticed recently.
This table holds all my variables...
Table grows bigger same as memory being use to allocate cells.
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eDave over 11 years ago

Huh? Why are you using a global? Avoid that if possible.
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eDaNoy over 11 years ago

Im doing a previous skill Update.
Lesson learned.. hahah table as global variable is a NO NO.

Thanks Dave
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fxffxf over 11 years ago

If you use a global or assign long lists to a global, assign nil to the variable when it is no longer required. This allows Skill to free the asssociated memory. It is also a good idea to get a skill developer's license so you can run Skill lint on your code. This can point out other issues.
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