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26 <h1>MLtonGC</h1>
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32 <div class="content"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">signature</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">MLTON_GC</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">=</span><span class="w"></span>
33 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sig</span><span class="w"></span>
34 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">collect</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>
35 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">pack</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>
36 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">setMessages</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>
37 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">setSummary</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bool</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>
38 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unpack</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"></span>
39 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">structure</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">Statistics</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"></span>
40 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">sig</span><span class="w"></span>
41 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">bytesAllocated</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
42 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">lastBytesLive</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
43 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">numCopyingGCs</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
44 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">numMarkCompactGCs</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
45 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">numMinorGCs</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
46 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">val</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">maxBytesLive</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">unit</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="p">-&gt;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">IntInf</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">int</span><span class="w"></span>
47 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>
48 <span class="w"> </span><span class="k">end</span><span class="w"></span>
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50 <div class="ulist"><ul>
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52 <p>
53 <span class="monospaced">collect ()</span>
54 </p>
55 <div class="paragraph"><p>causes a garbage collection to occur.</p></div>
56 </li>
57 <li>
58 <p>
59 <span class="monospaced">pack ()</span>
60 </p>
61 <div class="paragraph"><p>shrinks the heap as much as possible so that other processes can use
62 available RAM.</p></div>
63 </li>
64 <li>
65 <p>
66 <span class="monospaced">setMessages b</span>
67 </p>
68 <div class="paragraph"><p>controls whether diagnostic messages are printed at the beginning and
69 end of each garbage collection. It is the same as the <span class="monospaced">gc-messages</span>
70 runtime system option.</p></div>
71 </li>
72 <li>
73 <p>
74 <span class="monospaced">setSummary b</span>
75 </p>
76 <div class="paragraph"><p>controls whether a summary of garbage collection statistics is printed
77 upon termination of the program. It is the same as the <span class="monospaced">gc-summary</span>
78 runtime system option.</p></div>
79 </li>
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81 <p>
82 <span class="monospaced">unpack ()</span>
83 </p>
84 <div class="paragraph"><p>resizes a packed heap to the size desired by the runtime.</p></div>
85 </li>
86 <li>
87 <p>
88 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.bytesAllocated ()</span>
89 </p>
90 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns bytes allocated (as of the most recent garbage collection).</p></div>
91 </li>
92 <li>
93 <p>
94 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.lastBytesLive ()</span>
95 </p>
96 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns bytes live (as of the most recent garbage collection).</p></div>
97 </li>
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99 <p>
100 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.numCopyingGCs ()</span>
101 </p>
102 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns number of (major) copying garbage collections performed (as of
103 the most recent garbage collection).</p></div>
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106 <p>
107 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.numMarkCompactGCs ()</span>
108 </p>
109 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns number of (major) mark-compact garbage collections performed
110 (as of the most recent garbage collection).</p></div>
111 </li>
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113 <p>
114 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.numMinorGCs ()</span>
115 </p>
116 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns number of minor garbage collections performed (as of the most
117 recent garbage collection).</p></div>
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120 <p>
121 <span class="monospaced">Statistics.maxBytesLive ()</span>
122 </p>
123 <div class="paragraph"><p>returns maximum bytes live (as of the most recent garbage collection).</p></div>
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