Subj : Re: GC questions / debugging
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Thu Dec 11 2003 10:58 am

Brendan Eich wrote:

> GC_MARK_DEBUG is useful to find why something is not being collected, 
> even though you think it ought to be garbage (leak diagnosis, IOW).  You 
> can also use GC_MARK_DEBUG-enabled code to dump the heap.

An extended XPCOM leak debugging tutorial masterfully written by dbaron 
reaches its musical climax with some GC_MARK_DEBUG hackery.  See 
http://www.mozilla.org/performance/leak-tutorial.html.

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