Make Small Objects Short-Lived
We explain how small objects held by long-lived collections force the garbage collector to promote them through generations. The lesson demonstrates refactoring a charting example from a list of reference types to a set of parallel arrays, dramatically reducing the object graph.
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The .NET Garbage Collector
This Module
Memory Performance Optimizations
Optimize GC for Gen:0
Avoid the Event Handler Memory Leak
Example: String Allocations in Gen:0
Demo: Tracking Gen:0 Allocations
Demo: Optimizing Gen:0 Allocations
Optimizing for Object Lifetime
Make Large Objects Long-Lived
Demo: Object Pooling (part 1)
Demo: Object Pooling (part 2)
Make Small Objects Short-Lived
Make Short-Lived Objects Small
Make Long-Lived Objects Large
Object Lifetime Recap
Structs versus Classes