From: Yukihiro Matsumoto Date: 2011-10-14T01:17:51+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:40142] [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #5444][Rejected] Object.free Issue #5444 has been updated by Yukihiro Matsumoto. Status changed from Open to Rejected While it might be considered useful from some brave power users, we are not going to add such unsafe features to the core. Use the gem. matz. ---------------------------------------- Feature #5444: Object.free http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/5444 Author: Thomas Sawyer Status: Rejected Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: 1.9.x I came across this gem today: http://github.com/banister/free Which led me to wonder if it might not be good to have this feature built-in to the core language. While not useful in most cases, it could be very useful to power-users who need to eek out every bit performance they can. -- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org