<div dir="ltr">There is the sgc collector and there is the --enable-backtrace option to the 3m (default) collector. They can require some work to use, tho. They give you more information from dump-memory-stats, I believe (not sure exactly the status of sgc, tho).<div>
<br></div><div>Do you find tactical (collect-garbage) calls to actually help?</div><div><br></div><div>Robby</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Daniel Prager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.a.prager@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.a.prager@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Makes sense.<br></div><div><br></div><div>So -- correct me if I'm wrong ;-) -- my main choices are to use a Custodian to impose a hard memory limit, and/or throw in tactical (collect-garbage)'s to help keep usage down.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In terms of profiling where the memory is going, are there any sharper tools than (current-memory-in-use)? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div></div>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Robby Findler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robby@eecs.northwestern.edu" target="_blank">robby@eecs.northwestern.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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).<span><font color="#888888"><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Daniel Prager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.a.prager@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.a.prager@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Thanks Robby<div><br></div><div>Can the limit be imposed programmatically, for use from the command-line?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div></div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 9:13 AM, Robby Findler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robby@eecs.northwestern.edu" target="_blank">robby@eecs.northwestern.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>Robby</div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Daniel Prager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.a.prager@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.a.prager@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Apropos:<div><br></div><div>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:</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><div>Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.3.6 [3m].</div></div><div><div>Language: racket; memory limit: <b>256 MB</b>.</div></div><div><div><br>
</div></div><div><div>> (/ (current-memory-use) (expt 10 6))</div></div><div><div>900 52839/125000</div></div><div><div><br></div></div><div><div>> (collect-garbage)</div></div><div><div>> (/ (current-memory-use) (expt 10 6))</div>
</div><div><div>660 <a href="tel:25687%2F31250" value="+12568731250" target="_blank">25687/31250</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>[Replicated in 5.91.]</div><div><br></div><div>Does (current-memory-use) include overhead for e.g. the DrRacket runtime?</div>
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<br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Dan</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Daniel Prager <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.a.prager@gmail.com" target="_blank">daniel.a.prager@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Is there a good reference to measure and understand Racket memory use?<div><br></div><div>I'm doing a run of scribble and memory use is peaking at over 1 Gb. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I expect that I will be able to make modifications to limit use if I can get some informative measurements.</div>
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