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Re: Release memory?

• Posted by r.schr at t-online.de Sep 18, 2002
• 522 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a question about sequences. For instance, assume the following
> code:
> 
> -----------------------------------
> include file.e
> object list
> sequence file_list, entry
> 
> file_list = {}
> list = dir("test.*")
> if sequence(list) then
>    for i = 1 to length(list) do
>       entry = list[i]
>       if not find('d', entry[D_ATTRIBUTES]) then
>          file_list = append(file_list, entry[D_NAME])
>       end if
>    end for
>    list = {}      -- ?
>    entry = {}     -- ?
> end if
> ? length(file_list)
> -----------------------------------
> 
> If I don't use 'list' and 'entry' any more in the rest of the program,
> is it a good idea to assign empty sequences to them in order to release
> memory?

Hi Juergen,

why you don't put this code into a function and return only length(...)?
After leaving the function, all private variables should be freed?!

Have a nice day, Rolf