10 The HCL Package

clean-generation-0

Function

Summary

Attempts to promote all objects from generation zero into generation one, thereby clearing generation zero.

Package

hcl

Signature

clean-generation-0 => 1

Arguments

None

Values

Returns the value 1.

Description

This is useful when passing from a phase of creating long-lived data to a phase of mostly ephemeral data, for example, the end of loading an application and the start of its use.

Example

;   allocate lots of non-ephemeral objects 
;   ......  
(clean-generation-0)

Notes
: It may be more efficient to directly allocate the objects in a particular generation in the first place, usingallocation-in-gen-num orset-default-generation.
See also

allocation-in-gen-num collect-generation-2 collect-highest-generation expand-generation-1 set-promotion-count