Re: Possible Bug in Array Shift

On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:41:14 -0400
Bob Hutchison <hutch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've described a problem with the implementation of Array shift in  
> Ruby 1.8.4 here:
> 
> <http://recursive.ca/hutch/index.php?p=361>
> 
> I believe that this is the source of the problem Mongrel had  
> experienced with the Mutex and a memory leak.
>

Kirk had mentioned something along these lines but this is the first 
explanation that also shows where in the C code it's busted.

Ok, but here's the problem, doesn't this also mean that the shifted array 
continually grows?  It seems to me that shift basically makes Array act like an 
unbounded ring buffer.

Hopefully this gets fixed in ruby very very soon.

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