GNU bug report logs - #42013
26.3; hash tables are not garbage collected

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Reported by: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>

Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Hendrik Tews <hendrik.tews <at> kernkonzept.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 42013 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42013: 26.3; hash tables are not garbage collected
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:15:29 +0200

> The garbage collector is conservative, so objects may not be collected
> immediately, even if they appear unreferenced.

OK, would it be possible to update the documentation?

Is there a way to trigger a full collection of all unreachable
objects? I would like to use this and the numbers that
garbage-collect returns to check that a certain piece of code
does not leak memory. Or is there another way to check that all
allocations done within a form are unreachable after leaving that
form?

Thanks

Hendrik
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