does Systemic
Built-in class for providing information about the virtual machine in which Raku is running. Usually accessed through the $*VM dynamic variable.
Methods§
method osname§
multi method osname(VM:)multi method osname(VM:)
Instance / Class method returning the name of the Operating System, as known by the configuration of the VM object / currently running virtual machine.
method precomp-ext§
Instance method returning a string of the extension that should be used for precompiled files of the VM object.
method precomp-target§
Instance method returning a string of the value of the compilation target that should be used when precompiling source-files with the VM object.
method prefix§
Instance method returning a string of the path in which the virtual machine of the VM object is installed.
method request-garbage-collection§
Available as of the 2020.05 release of the Rakudo compiler.
Class method that tells the virtual machine on which Raku is running, to perform a garbage collect run when possible. Issues a warning if such a request is not supported by the virtual machine.
Provides no guarantee that the process will actually use less memory after a garbage collect. In fact, calling this method repeatedly, may actually cause more memory to be used due to memory fragmentation.
Mainly intended as a debugging aid for module / core developers.
Typegraph§
VM