From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id DAA12301; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:22:35 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA12303 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:22:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g6C1MW515464 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 03:22:32 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from user-0ccegbj.cable.mindspring.com ([24.199.65.115] helo=flapdragon.homeip.net) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17Sp8f-0001IC-00; Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:22:29 -0700 Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Out-of-memory faults and other cygwin issues From: "Yaron M. Minsky" To: Basile STARYNKEVITCH Cc: caml-list@inria.fr In-Reply-To: <15662.11892.748161.101184@hector.lesours> References: <1026431547.1216.46.camel@dragonfly.localdomain> <15662.11892.748161.101184@hector.lesours> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 11 Jul 2002 21:22:28 -0400 Message-Id: <1026436949.1216.55.camel@dragonfly.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Thu, 2002-07-11 at 21:18, Basile STARYNKEVITCH wrote: > >>>>> "Yaron" =3D=3D Yaron M Minsky writes: >=20 >=20 > Yaron> [...]Another thing I've noticed is that ocaml doesn't seem to > Yaron> collect memory at the times I expect it to. In particular, > Yaron> after clearing all references to the big memory structures > Yaron> and running Gc.full_major and Gc.collect (in that order), > Yaron> the memory size (as measured by the Windows task manager) > Yaron> doesn't immediately go down. [...] >=20 > You should also consider running GC.compact=20 My mistake. I meant Gc.compact. I don't use Gc.collect, and I don't know that such a call even exists. y > --=20 >=20 > Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/=20 > email: basilestarynkevitchnet=20 > alias: basiletunesorg=20 > 8, rue de la Fa=EFencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France --=20 |--------/ Yaron M. Minsky \--------| |--------\ http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/yminsky/ /--------| Open PGP --- KeyID B1FFD916 (new key as of Dec 4th) Fingerprint: 5BF6 83E1 0CE3 1043 95D8 F8D5 9F12 B3A9 B1FF D916 ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners