Gz testsuite memory usage

Interresting; as far as I can see, the only place mappings are used in the Gmp module, is in _sprintf(). My guess is that the leaked mapping is created by the compiler, and probably is used for symbol lookup cacheing.

/ Henrik Grubbström (Lysator)

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2002-09-30 14:23: Subject: Gz testsuite memory usage

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Ah-ha. Each time the compiler compiles an expression containing a literal Gmp.mpz creation, it leaks one mapping:

Pike v7.3 release 56 running Hilfe v3.5 (Incremental Pike Frontend)

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gc(); _memory_usage()->num_mappings;

(1) Result: 3 (2) Result: 71

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for(int i=0; i<1000; i++) compile_string("mixed x = Gmp.mpz(100);");

Ok.

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gc(); _memory_usage()->num_mappings;

(3) Result: 0 (4) Result: 1071

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/ Marcus Comstedt (ACROSS) (Hail Ilpalazzo!)