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Maintenance Ruby 3.3 gets fixes, but no new features. Switch to Ruby 4.0 →

class method

GC.disable

GC.disable → true or false

Disables garbage collection, returning true if garbage collection was already disabled.

Example
GC.disable   #=> false
GC.disable   #=> true
See also .count .enable .compact .latest_compact_info also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0