Issue #649 has been updated by Roger Pack. some other issues that might be related [garbage collector wise] http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4?filter=garbage http://rubyforge.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=1698&aid=8344&group_id=426 Yours -=R ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/649 ---------------------------------------- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org