Subj : Re: Optimizing DestoryContext() ?
To   : bubbfree
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Thu Jan 27 2005 07:14 pm

bubbfree@gmail.com wrote:
> My DestroyContext() calls are taking too much time. I've gone through
> the SpiderMonkey optimization docs on the website. Was wondering if
> there are any tips or tricks I could use to get DestroyContext sped up
> a bit?  make fewer objects?  call maybe_gc more often?  seems to be the
> gc mark thing inside destroy context that is taking up some time.


Use JS_DestroyContextNoGC appropriately.


> (depending on the size of my scripts and complexity, it takes about 6-7
> seconds to clean up the context).


That's way too long.  What kind of live objects are being marked?  Are 
you making really long linear lists of objects?

/be

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