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Module gc.os

Contains OS-level routines needed by the garbage collector.

Functions

NameDescription
isLowOnMem(mapped) Check for any kind of memory pressure.
os_mem_map(nbytes) Map memory.
os_mem_unmap(base, nbytes) Unmap memory allocated with os_mem_map().
os_physical_mem() Get the size of available physical memory
sysctl(name, namelen, oldp, oldlenp, newp, newlen) Get the size of available physical memory

Authors

Walter Bright, David Friedman, Sean Kelly, Leandro Lucarella

License

Boost License 1.0.