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Setting to null doesn't release the memory. It only erases the reference. You still need to wait for the GC to complete.
by pkolaczk 3y ago
Setting to null doesn't release the memory. It only erases the reference. You still need to wait for the GC to complete.
- baq 3y agoSide note: it might work in a refcount GC like CPython. That isn’t node though. (It only might because it doesn’t guarantee that memory is actually reused.)