[D] The GC

[Termana]

In certain portions of code (speed critical bits for example), you wouldn't want the GC
making a collection. So to overcome this you can disable the garbage collector by using
this peice of code:

std.gc.disable();

Once you have disabled it, you must manually re-enable it by having this:

std.gc.enable();

You can also make it run collections, unlike the Java and .NET GCs, this is not a request
command, it will force the collection to run:

std.gc.fullCollect();

That will make a full collection, it will take longer then the second type, but will
pick up all the "garbage".

std.gc.genCollect();

This will do a generation collection, which will be faster then a full mark and sweep
collection, but may not pick up all the "garbage".
It is important when trying any of these peices of code, that you put this at the top of
the file:

import std.gc;

So you have access to the std.gc module.

[Jordan]

Nice bit of info! +rep

[whitey6993]

Interesting fact. Thanks.