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Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:02:37 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] trigger GC before memory limit is exhausted
From: danack@basereality.com (Dan Ackroyd)

On 19 May 2015 at 14:28, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dan Ackroyd wrote on 19/05/2015 14:08:
>>
>> * When gc_collect_cycles is called (and potentially other functions),
>> at the end of that function check whether the amount of memory being
>> used is less than reset level for each trigger. If so reduce the
>> current memory limit to the lowest trigger level.
>
>
> The only flaw I see in this approach is that the majority of memory
> deallocation is done transparently be the ref-counting mechanism, not any
> particular function, and the user should be able to trigger this manually.

Good point, I'll think about that.


Danack wrote:
> I'll wait for some feedback, then write an RFC
Actually no I won't, I'll try to implement it as an extension first.


cheers
Dan