GC.disable    → true or false

Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was already disabled.

GC.disable   #=> false
GC.disable   #=> true

Source Code

/*
*  call-seq:
*     GC.disable    => true or false
*
*  Disables garbage collection, returning <code>true</code> if garbage
*  collection was already disabled.
*
*     GC.disable   #=> false
*     GC.disable   #=> true
*
*/

VALUE
rb_gc_disable()
{
   int old = dont_gc;

   dont_gc = Qtrue;
   return old;
}