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Deferred Garbage Collection for Specs
class DeferredGarbageCollection
NEW_GC_THRESHOLD = (ENV["DEFER_GC"] || -1).to_f
@last_gc_run = Time.zone.now
def self.start
GC.disable if NEW_GC_THRESHOLD > 0
end
def self.reconsider
if NEW_GC_THRESHOLD > 0 && Time.zone.now - @last_gc_run >= NEW_GC_THRESHOLD
GC.enable
GC.start
GC.disable
@last_gc_run = Time.zone.now
end
end
end
if defined?(Cucumber)
Before do
DeferredGarbageCollection.start
end
After do
DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider
end
elsif defined?(RSpec)
RSpec.configure do |config|
config.before(:all) do
DeferredGarbageCollection.start
end
config.after(:all) do
DeferredGarbageCollection.reconsider
end
end
end
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