Doubts about .NET Garbage Collector
- by Smjert
I've read some docs about the .NET Garbage Collector but i still have some doubts (examples in C#):
1)Does GC.Collect() call a partial or a full collection?
2)Does a partial collection block the execution of the "victim" application? If yes.. then i suppose this is a very "light" things to do since i'm running a game server that uses 2-3GB of memory and i "never" have execution stops (or i can't see them..).
3)I've read about GC roots but still can't understand how exactly they works. Suppose that this is the code (C#):
MyClass1:
[...]
public List<MyClass2> classList = new List<MyClass2>();
[...]
Main:
main()
{
MyClass1 a = new MyClass1();
MyClass2 b = new MyClass2();
a.classList.Add(b);
b = null;
DoSomeLongWork();
}
Will b ever be eligible to be garbage collected(before the DoSomeLongWork finishes)? The reference to b that classList contains, can it be considered a root?
Or a root is only the first reference to the instance? (i mean, b is the root reference because the instantiation happens there).
