This returns a value when ran, what is it though?

[JaSo PsP]

I made it and ran it in lua player, but what is the value? its like around 60 - 150 every time.

--MEM

red = Color.new(255,0,0)
infoMem = gcinfo()

while true do

screen:clear()
pad = Controls.read()

screen:print(100,100,"mem: "..infoMem,red)

if pad:start() then
return
end
screen.waitVblankStart()
screen:flip()
end

PS: where would this be useful?

[Nutterbutter]

Is gcinfo() a function you have written? If so could you post the source to that?

[JaSo PsP]

Originally Posted by Nutterbutter

Is gcinfo() a function you have written? If so could you post the source to that?

i found it online somewhere but i dunno what it does?

[Urza]

It returns the amount of dynamic RAM Lua is using in kbs.

[JaSo PsP]

Originally Posted by Urza the Tyrant

It returns the amount of dynamic RAM Lua is using in kbs.

o rite, how would it be useful?

[HaxxBlaster]

Maybe if it is about to overflow, so you can avoid it from freezing/restarting.

[JaSo PsP]

Originally Posted by HaxxBlaster

Maybe if it is about to overflow, so you can avoid it from freezing/restarting.

yer like:

if infoMem > 5000 then
System.Quit()
end

[Nutterbutter]

Originally Posted by JaSo PsP

o rite, how would it be useful?

If your app was using an above avarage amount of RAM, you could load lower res textures in or whatever.

[Urza]

More like:

if infoMem > 5000 then
screen:print(80,120,"The application has run out of memory and must restart",color)
screen.flip()
screen.waitVblankStart(200)
System.Quit()
end

I'm not sure about the number though.

[Ravine]

Greater than 5000? Wouldn't you want less than 5000?

[uber0ne]

If it its greater then 5000 quit. No he wants greater.
-= Double Post =-
This also could be good for testing. Incase you want to add more things and are not sure about the RAM usage.

[nathan42100]

It returns the amount in use, not amount left...5000kb is really small, less than 5 mb...

[Urza]

Originally Posted by nathan42100

5000kb is really small, less than 5 mb...

I never knew 5000kb was about 5mb :O [/sarcasm]

The post was just an example of the syntax you would use. Like I said, I don't know how much memory lua scripts have access to.

[youresam]

From what I remember, its the ammount of memory allocated, and when you garbage collect, it becomes lower.
I remember it stands for garbage collect info