could this generate memory leakage?

[Ted Flethuseo]

Could this potentially generate memory leakage?

def save_weights(error)
best_error = error
best_weights = Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(weights))
end

This code runs several 1000s of times, making a copy of the best
configuration for a network. best weights always points at the copy of
best weights.. but I don't know what happens to the other copies that
are no longer being pointed at. Ruby does garbage collection, right?

Ted.

 

[Michael Fellinger]

Could this potentially generate memory leakage?

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0def save_weights(error)
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0best_error =3D error
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0best_weights =3D Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(wei= ghts))
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0end

This code runs several 1000s of times, making a copy of the best
configuration for a network. best weights always points at the copy of
best weights.. but I don't know what happens to the other copies that
are no longer being pointed at. Ruby does garbage collection, right?

Yeah, no problems with that.


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Michael Fellinger
CTO, The Rubyists, LLC