Comments on: Fix string memory leaks in Ruby 1.8.6 http://blog.toppingdesign.com/2009/09/04/fix-string-memory-leaks-in-ruby-186/ Usability, Information Management, Rails, Javascript & (oh no) Web 2.0 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MarkusQ http://blog.toppingdesign.com/2009/09/04/fix-string-memory-leaks-in-ruby-186/comment-page-1/#comment-9626 MarkusQ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:45:40 +0000 http://blog.toppingdesign.com/2009/09/04/fix-string-memory-leaks-in-ruby-186/#comment-9626 My bad, I failed to test it thoroughly. It works for special cases, but what is needed is a "works always." -- Markus P.S. After looking at the C code (and this time testing before I post) I see that File#gets & $_ have the same problem. My bad, I failed to test it thoroughly. It works for special cases, but what is needed is a “works always.”

– Markus

P.S. After looking at the C code (and this time testing before I post) I see that File#gets & $_ have the same problem.

]]> By: MarkusQ http://blog.toppingdesign.com/2009/09/04/fix-string-memory-leaks-in-ruby-186/comment-page-1/#comment-9625 MarkusQ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:01:33 +0000 http://blog.toppingdesign.com/2009/09/04/fix-string-memory-leaks-in-ruby-186/#comment-9625 Try something like: alias mri_gsub gsub def gsub(*args,&block) mri_gsub(*args,&block) end It handles $1 et al fine. Also, you should do the same trick with sub, sub!, etc. -- MarkusQ Try something like:

alias mri_gsub gsub
def gsub(*args,&block)
mri_gsub(*args,&block)
end

It handles $1 et al fine. Also, you should do the same trick with sub, sub!, etc.

– MarkusQ

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