Re: general performance question

Knute Johnson <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Mike Schilling wrote:
....
if (condition)
{
LargeObject lg = new LargeObject();
lg.doStuff()
// See discussion below
}

I don't think that is true. If you create an Object in a loop and
then reassign another Object to the same reference in the loop, the
first Object is eligible for garbage collection (and will be).

The previous poster didn't mention loops, merely a nested block
scope.
For a loop, the value set in the last iteration also leaks the
block.

/L
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