Garbage Collection - Texas Instruments TI-84 Plus Manual Book

Garbage Collection

Garbage Collection Message
If you use the user data archive extensively, you may see a
message. This occurs if you try to archive a variable when there
Collect?
is not enough free contiguous archive memory.
The
Garbage Collect?
than usual. It also alerts you that the archive will fail if there is not
enough memory.
The message can also alert you when a program is caught in a loop that
repetitively fills the user data archive. Select
collection process, and then find and correct the errors in your program.
When YES is selected, the TI-84 Plus will attempt to rearrange the
archived variables to make additional room.
Responding to the Garbage Collection Message
• To cancel, select
• If you select
ERR:ARCHIVE FULL
• To continue archiving, select
• If you select
Garbage Collecting...
will be displayed.
Note: The process message
application marked for deletion is encountered. Garbage collection may
take up to 20 minutes, depending on how much of archive memory has
been used to store variables.
After garbage collection, depending on how much additional space is
freed, the variable may or may not be archived. If not, you can unarchive
some variables and try again.
Why Is Garbage Collection Necessary?
The user data archive is divided into sectors. When you first begin
archiving, variables are stored consecutively in sector 1. This continues to
the end of the sector.
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message lets you know an archive will take longer
.
1:No
, the message
1:No
will be displayed.
, the process message
2:Yes
or
Defragmenting...
Defragmenting...
to cancel the garbage
No
.
2:Yes
is displayed whenever an
Memory and Variable Management
Garbage