Feature #18290: Deprecate rb_gc_force_recycle

• Status: Closed
• Assignee: -
• Target version: -

[peterzhu2118 (Peter Zhu)]

GitHub PR: https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/4363

I'm proposing to deprecate rb_gc_force_recycle and make it a no-op function because it is a burden to maintain and makes changes to the GC difficult. It is also easy to incorrectly use this function and cause memory leaks such as #18065.

[peterzhu2118 (Peter Zhu)]

• Status changed from Open to Closed

Applied in changeset git|aeae6e2842e1702dfb89b8ae69b48c4f5f64c662.

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[Feature #18290] Remove all usages of rb_gc_force_recycle

This commit removes usages of rb_gc_force_recycle since it is a burden
to maintain and makes changes to the GC difficult.