[racket] Profiling memory use

Yes. DrRacket does it. You'd have to use lower-level operations, tho
(setting up a custodian with a limit before starting the program you want
limited).

Robby


On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Prager <daniel.a.prager at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Robby
>
> Can the limit be imposed programmatically, for use from the command-line?
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Robby Findler <
> robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>
>> current-memory-use is counting all of DrRacket's memory and the user
>> program memory. The limit, however, includes only the user program's memory.
>>
>> Robby
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Prager <daniel.a.prager at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Apropos:
>>>
>>> I was wondering why I couldn't limit memory in a Racket program directly
>>> -- for running from the command-line -- as distinct from in Dr Racket, but
>>> the following transcript shed doubts on Dr Racket:
>>>
>>> Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.3.6 [3m].
>>> Language: racket; memory limit: *256 MB*.
>>>
>>> > (/ (current-memory-use) (expt 10 6))
>>> 900 52839/125000
>>>
>>> > (collect-garbage)
>>> > (/ (current-memory-use) (expt 10 6))
>>> 660 25687/31250
>>>
>>>
>>> [Replicated in 5.91.]
>>>
>>> Does (current-memory-use) include overhead for e.g. the DrRacket runtime?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Daniel Prager <
>>> daniel.a.prager at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Is there a good reference to measure and understand Racket memory use?
>>>>
>>>> I'm doing a run of scribble and memory use is peaking at over 1 Gb.
>>>>
>>>> I expect that I will be able to make modifications to limit use if I
>>>> can get some informative measurements.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Dan
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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