[Newbies] Removing an object instance

[Millet Stéphane]

Herbert,

Thanks for the answer.
In fact, the object I was working on is a map which takes 400Mb, so when
I finish a test, I would prefer the object to be "removed". I will try
to force garbage collection as you proposed.

Cheers
Stéphane

Herbert König a écrit :
> Hello Stéphane,
>
> s> I would like to know when an object created in aworkspace is deleted (garbaged).
>
> the simplified answer is, when the object is not referenced any more and
> the system decides to do a garbage collection.
>
> If you need something collected:
> Smalltalk garbageCollect
> will do just that.
>
> s> I then ask for MyWorldallInstances in another window and the value is 1.
> Actually the value is an array with one element.
>
> If you still find instances after an explicit GC you can inspect that
> array by MyWorld allInstances inspect.
>
> In the inspector you can right click (Win) on that element and select
> "objects pointing to this value" and find out who references your
> object.
>
> s> I don’t understand this behaviour. The objectshoudn’t be
> s> referenced or only by weak references, no ? 
>
> GC is time consuming so it's split up between incremental and full
> garbage collects. Both are scheduled when necessary (this is a big can
> of worms but documented on the swiki). So you can still find an
> object which is not referenced as long as no collection has occurred.
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Herbert                            mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
>
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