[Ruby] Ghetto

[Chris Carter]

On Jan 2, 2008 3:46 PM, Aaron Patterson <aaron.patterson at gmail.com> wrote:
> This code is a ghetto:
>
> class User; end
> User.new
>
> GC.start
> user = nil
> ObjectSpace.each_object do |object|
>   user = object if object.class.to_s == 'User'
> end
> p user
>
> Anyone know why this finds a user?  I'm at a loss!  :-(
>
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> Aaron Patterson
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Ruby has a conservative GC.  This means it won't necessarily ever kill
an object, even if all references are gone.


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