TITLE(gc @@ Garbage Collection)
USAGE(
gc()
gcinfo(verbose)
)
ALIAS(gc)
ALIAS(gcinfo)
ARGUMENTS(
ARG(verbose @@ a logical value.)
)
VALUE(
A call of LANG(gc) causes a garbage collection to take place.
This usually takes place automagically without user intervention.
PARA
The associated function LANG(gcinfo) sets a flag so that
automatic collection is either silent (LANG(verbose=FALSE)) or
prints memory use statistics (LANG(verbose=TRUE)).
)
EXAMPLES(
gc() #- do it now
gcinfo(TRUE) #-- in the future, show when you do it
)
