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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: George Plymale II <georgie@southernohio.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Does Emacs return memory to the system on Mac OS X or *BSD?
Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 08:06:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy3u4or2u.fsf-monnier+Inbox@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m0vap9ql3m.fsf@lehi.dev.orbitalimpact.com> (George Plymale, II's message of "Wed, 10 May 2017 02:31:09 -0400")

>> would you really care if Emacs once in
>> a blue moon returns 4KB out of a 2GB heap?
> Sorry, I did not know that Emacs would return pages rarely.

I didn't say that it's what happens.  I just pointed out that if this
happens, then the answer to your question would be a resounding "yes"
even though I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be satisfied with the
actual behavior.


        Stefan



  reply	other threads:[~2017-05-10 12:06 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
2017-05-10  6:31   ` George Plymale II
2017-05-10 12:06     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
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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