From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Does Emacs return memory to the system on Mac OS X or *BSD?
Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 23:07:52 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy3u5pg43.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.devel@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m0a86ltyy0.fsf@lehi.dev.orbitalimpact.com
> I'm curious as to whether Emacs returns memory to the operating system
> when running on Mac OS X or *BSD systems.
This question is largely ill-posed: would you really care if Emacs once in
a blue moon returns 4KB out of a 2GB heap?
The answer depends on a lot of details about the system, the
compile-time options used, and the specific usage pattern.
And in my experience, in the end it never really matters anyway.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-10 3:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-05-09 23:03 Does Emacs return memory to the system on Mac OS X or *BSD? George Plymale II
2017-05-10 3:07 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2017-05-10 6:31 ` George Plymale II
2017-05-10 12:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-10 16:09 ` George Plymale II
2017-05-13 17:07 ` Andreas Politz
2017-05-10 12:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-10 16:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-05-10 19:16 ` George Plymale II
2017-05-10 22:33 ` Tim Cross
2017-05-10 23:34 ` George Plymale II
2017-05-11 0:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-11 1:39 ` George Plymale II
2017-05-11 2:20 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-11 0:06 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-11 2:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-05-11 12:29 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-11 15:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-05-11 15:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2017-05-11 16:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2017-05-11 18:52 ` Davis Herring
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