System/Mem.hs

   1 {-# LANGUAGE Safe #-}
   2
   3 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   4 -- |
   5 -- Module      :  System.Mem
   6 -- Copyright   :  (c) The University of Glasgow 2001
   7 -- License     :  BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
   8 --
   9 -- Maintainer  :  libraries@haskell.org
  10 -- Stability   :  provisional
  11 -- Portability :  portable
  12 --
  13 -- Memory-related system things.
  14 --
  15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  16
  17 module System.Mem
  18        ( performGC
  19        , performMajorGC
  20        , performMinorGC
  21        ) where
  22 import Prelude
  23
  24 -- | Triggers an immediate garbage collection.
  25 performGC :: IO ()
  26 performGC = performMajorGC
  27
  28 -- | Triggers an immediate garbage collection.
  29 --
  30 -- /Since: 4.7.0.0/
  31 foreign import ccall "performMajorGC" performMajorGC :: IO ()
  32
  33 -- | Triggers an immediate minor garbage collection.
  34 --
  35 -- /Since: 4.7.0.0/
  36 foreign import ccall "performGC" performMinorGC :: IO ()