11.3.87 garbage_collect_atoms/0

Synopsis

garbage_collect_atoms

Invokes the atom garbage collector.

Description

This predicate invokes the atom garbage collector to discard atoms that are no longer accessible to the computation, reclaiming their space.

Tips

A program can use the atoms keyword to statistics/2 to determine if a call to garbage_collect_atoms/0 would be appropriate.

See Also

ref-mgc.