Module: Free

Included in:

Object

Defined in:

lib/free.rb,
lib/free/version.rb,
ext/free/free.c

Overview

Author:

• John Mair (banisterfiend)

Constant Summary

VERSION =

"0.2.7"

Class Method Summary

• .free(*args) ⇒ nil

  Free multiple objects at once.

Instance Method Summary

• #free ⇒ nil, Object

  Force garbage collection on an object and free its internal structures.

Class Method Details

.free(*args) ⇒ nil

Free multiple objects at once.

Examples:

h = "hello"
g = "goodbye"
m = "good morning"

Free.free h, g, m

Parameters:

• args (Array) —

  The objects to free.

Returns:

• (nil) —

  Returns nil.

# File 'lib/free.rb', line 20

def self.free(*args) end

Instance Method Details

#free ⇒ nil, Object

Force garbage collection on an object and free its internal structures.

Examples:

h = "hello"
def h.__destruct__
  :killed
end

h.free #=> :killed

Returns:

• (nil, Object) —

  Return value of _destruct_ method (if defined) or nil (if no _destruct_ method)

# File 'lib/free.rb', line 32

def free() end