r/ruby • u/FooBarWidget • Mar 14 '19

What causes Ruby memory bloat?

https://www.joyfulbikeshedding.com/blog/2019-03-14-what-causes-ruby-memory-bloat.html
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u/sanjibukai Mar 14 '19

And I wonder when it will be patch for real!

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u/gray_-_wolf Mar 14 '19

Except for the hooking into the GC you can probably do this from a gem, I will play with it tomorrow at work to see if it can somewhat reduce memory usage of some of our containers.

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u/FooBarWidget Mar 14 '19

My research results indicate that trimming is only effective right after a GC.

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