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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml memory leak issue
From: DS <ds.caml@sol42.com>
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On 24 Nov 2010, at 23:40, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> In case of custom blocks and finalize function I believe this to be an
> error. Managing resources that the OS does not free (IPC tokens,
> tempfiles, ...) is made much harder due to this.
But you can force a final GC run with Pervasives.at_exit Gc.full_major.
Regards.
-DS