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Ikrom
Ikrom

Reputation: 5123

Custom JavaScript garbage collector

I don't want to create a wheel from scratch. But I am curious if there were JavaScript library named gc.js what would it looks like? How can I write custom garbage collector for JavaScript in JavaScript (if possible)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 463

Answers (1)

Bergi
Bergi

Reputation: 665430

The garbage collection is done by the execution environment of your code. It is not accessible from the JavaScript code itself - at least it is not specified to be, yet an engine can decide to expose a custom interface to the native functions (example for node.js).

If you would write the whole garbage collector in JavaScript, that would imply that your JavaScript engine itself is [partly] written in JavaScript.

Upvotes: 2

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