Re: Octave-2.1.14 don't reclaim memory from globals variables that are cleared

[Joao Cardoso]

"John W. Eaton" wrote:

> On 13-Dec-1999, Joao Cardoso <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> | It seems that the memory used by globals variables at initialization
> | can't be reclaimed when the variables are cleared (even with -x):
> |
> | octave:1>        ; used memory: 9492K
> | octave:1> a=rand(1000);    17M
> | octave:2> clear a; a=rand(1000);    17M
> | octave:3> clear a; global b
> | octave:4> b=rand(1000); 17M
> | octave:5> clear b; b=rand(1000); 25M -- should be 17M
> | octave:6> clear b; b=rand(1000); 25M
> |
> | repeat: (copy/paste)
> |
> | a=rand(1000);
> | clear a; a=rand(1000);
> | clear a; global b
> | b=rand(1000);
> | clear b; b=rand(1000);
> | clear b; b=rand(1000);
> |
> | I'm using octave-2.1.14 on sco-3.2v5.0.4
>
> Hmm.  I can't seem to reproduce this problem with the current sources
> on my Linux system.

OK, the last CVS cures the problem; it was still present at
octave-2.1.19.

One further question: will CVS reflect Octave current (daily or whatever)
development status or just the released development snapshots?

Thanks,
Joao

>
>
> jwe

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