From d0815046d003f8f24efcdb03d35dd125ddd3b5f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roberto Ierusalimschy Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:10:20 -0300 Subject: Some adjustments in transition minor->major Plus extra comments and other details. --- manual/manual.of | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'manual') diff --git a/manual/manual.of b/manual/manual.of index c93fbfcb..6947b2a0 100644 --- a/manual/manual.of +++ b/manual/manual.of @@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ than the total after the previous major collection. For instance, for a multiplier of 100, the collector will do a major collection when the number of old bytes gets larger than twice the total after the previous major collection. +As a special case, +a value of 0 stops the collector from doing major collections. The major-minor multiplier controls the shift back to minor collections. For a multiplier @M{x}, @@ -6441,7 +6443,8 @@ Changes the collector mode to generational and returns the previous mode. Changes and/or retrieves the values of a parameter of the collector. This option must be followed by one or two extra arguments: The name of the parameter being changed or retrieved (a string) -and an optional new value for that parameter (an integer). +and an optional new value for that parameter, +an integer in the range @M{[0,100000]}. The first argument must have one of the following values: @description{ @item{@St{minormul}| The minor multiplier. } -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb