Garbage Collection

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Peter Larsen []

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out what triggers the GC to run in dotNet 2.0.
Please explain how it works !

Thank you in advance.

BR
Peter
 
Hi,

I'm trying to figure out what triggers the GC to run in dotNet 2.0.
Please explain how it works !

Thank you in advance.

BR
Peter
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The only things that come to mind that would trigger the GC are an
attempt to allocate memory for a managed object when there is not
enough contiguous space or by calling GC.Collect. There are
significant complexities that may affect the exact timing and
behavior. It would be better to google for information and then post
back with more specific questions.
 
Hi Peter,

This is a pop question. Normally, the GC occurs which happens either when
you allocate an object which makes generation 0 exceed its current
capacity, or when GC.Collect is explicitly called and the object is no
longer referenced. For details, please refer to "4. When is an object
garbage collected?" in the blog entry below:
http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2007/04/10/net-garbage-collector-popquiz-
followup.aspx

The best explained resource of GC topic is Jeffrey Richter's two articles
in MSDN magazine:
"Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET
Framework"
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1100/GCI/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1200/GCI2/

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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