Function

Summary

Avoids garbage collection if possible.

Package

hcl

Signature

avoid-gc => previous-results

Arguments

None.

Values

The function returns the previous settings of minimum-for-sweep , maximum-overflow and minimum-overflow . (see set-gc-parameters for details of these.)

Description

avoid-gc sets various internal parameters so that garbage collection is avoided as far as possible.

This can be useful with non-interactive programs.

If you use avoid-gc , use normal-gc later to reset the parameters to their default settings.

See also

gc-if-needed

normal-gc

set-gc-parameters

without-interrupts