W dniu 25 lutego 2012 19:24 użytkownik Joachim Schimpf <jschimpf_at_coninfer.com> napisał: > Krzysztof Bordon wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I have similar problem as Matthew. I use embedded eclipse to >> repeatedly compile and execute over a dozen of thousands of smaller >> ecl programmes during one session of Eclipse CLP system and shortly >> come across run out of heap storage. Is there a way to occasionally >> purge the heap area ? I thought of using mem_fini() and mem_init() >> pair of functions but they don't seem to be designed to be run >> multiple times in one session. So is there a specific predicate or >> embedded function I should use in order to clean the heap space ? > > You need to remove what you have compiled, and then call trimcore/0 > to actually free the memory. > > Your compiled predicates can be removed one-by-one using abolish/1, > but it is easier to have them all in a separate module, and remove > the whole module using erase_module/1. > > So, if your current code looks like > > ... compile(File), % File contains main/0 and other stuff > call(main), ... > > change it to something like > > ... create_module(m), > compile(File)@m, > call(main)@m, % or safer: once(main)@m > erase_module(m), > trimcore, ... > > Make sure you do the erase_module+trimcore only after you are sure > you will never return or backtrack into the removed code! The code > space garbage collector that would make such precautions unnecessary > is still on the todo list... > > > -- Joachim > Thanks for your help. The trimcore predicate did the trick. Best regards, Krzysztof BordonReceived on Sat Feb 25 2012 - 19:56:06 CET
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