# \[Bug #2024\] memory leak in eval with TOPLEVEL\_BINDING

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2024-memory-leak-in-eval-with-toplevel-binding/174666>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [August 31, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2024-memory-leak-in-eval-with-toplevel-binding/174666 "2009-08-31T08:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Usaku\_NAKAMURA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/cc9497/32.png) [@Usaku\_NAKAMURA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Usaku_NAKAMURA)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2024-memory-leak-in-eval-with-toplevel-binding/174666/1 "2009-08-31T08:57:10Z")

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Bug #2024: memory leak in eval with TOPLEVEL\_BINDING  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2024](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2024)

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ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev (2009-08-31 trunk 24720) [i386-mswin32]

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loop do  
eval(“”, TOPLEVEL\_BINDING)  
GC.start  
end

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**Author:** ![Usaku\_NAKAMURA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/cc9497/32.png) [@Usaku\_NAKAMURA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Usaku_NAKAMURA)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2024-memory-leak-in-eval-with-toplevel-binding/174666/2 "2009-09-01T13:07:42Z")

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## Applied in changeset r24726.

[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2024](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2024)