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8.13.5 Controlling the garbage collector

To control the actions of the garbage collector, use the symbols avoid-gc , get-gc-parameters , gc-if-needed , mark-and-sweep , normal-gc , set-gc-parameters , without-interrupts and with-heavy-allocation .

To control expansion, use enlarge-generation .

To control fragmentation, use check-fragmentation with try-move-in-generation or try-compact-in-generation .


LispWorks User Guide - 18 Feb 2003

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