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  1. Groovy
  2. GROOVY-10918

Memory leak: local variable values are not discarded

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      When I run the code below with 3 statements with closures inside the method the local var (parameter) values (all 4 of them) are staying in memory.
      I don't see the same problem if I run corresponding Java code with lambdas.

      Run TestOOM.groovy with
      -Xmx600M -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError

      Notice groovy fails:
      Y
      Z
      java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
      Dumping heap to java_pid147612.hprof ...
      Heap dump file created [497819587 bytes in 0.136 secs]
      Caught: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
      java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
          at test.TestOOM.test(TestOOM.groovy:31)
          at test.TestOOM.run(TestOOM.groovy:41)

      But Java version does not.

      It looks like all the values of s are still in memory (see screenshot), even though previous values should be discarded.

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        1. TestOOM.groovy
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          Andriy Rysin
        2. TestOOMJ.java
          0.6 kB
          Andriy Rysin
        3. groovy_oom.png
          77 kB
          Andriy Rysin
        4. TestOOMIcj.java
          0.9 kB
          Andriy Rysin
        5. TestOOM_works.groovy
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          Andriy Rysin

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            emilles Eric Milles
            arysin Andriy Rysin
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