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Clear method and Garbage Collector

843811Nov 12 2001 — edited Nov 12 2001
Hi Gurus,
Does the Clear method (hashtable, vector etc..) is a good option for garbage collection ?
In other words, if I have a vector V with 100 elements and I perform a V.clear(), am I sure that the 100 elements are now candidates for the Garbage Collection ?
Or is it better to write a loop performing a NULL assignment for each element of the vector ?
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