Updated Memory footprint: what happens inside µBlock after installation (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-02-13 13:14:14 -05:00
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- This will causes another round of short-term memory churning, which short-term memory will be garbage-collected eventually
- Again, all this short term memory churning causes µBlock's baseline memory footprint to grow further
- You can disable auto-update if you want, but it is optimal to let µBlock take care of this
1. **A few minutes minutes later**, assuming no change in selection of filter lists, or change in the content of selected filter lists, µBlock will make a selfie
1. **A few minutes later**, assuming no change in selection of filter lists, or change in the content of selected filter lists, µBlock will make a selfie
- A selfie allows µBlock to skip the parsing/sorting of data next time it loads
- Generating the selfie also causes short-term memory churning, which short-term memory will be garbage-collected eventually
- Again, this short term memory churning causes µBlock's baseline memory footprint to grow further