Spawn a process to collect garbage

antonmi · Jun 9, 2024 · e7adec8 · e7adec8
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commit e7adec8
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/lib/composite.ex b/lib/composite.ex
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ defmodule Strom.Composite do
   @impl true
   def handle_call({:call, init_flow}, _from, %__MODULE__{} = composite) do
     flow = reduce_flow(composite.components, init_flow)
-
+    collect_garbage(composite)
     {:reply, flow, composite}
   end
 
@@ -195,7 +195,12 @@ defmodule Strom.Composite do
   end
 
   defp collect_garbage(%Strom.Renamer{}), do: :nothing
-  defp collect_garbage(component), do: :erlang.garbage_collect(component.pid)
+
+  defp collect_garbage(component) do
+    spawn(fn ->
+      :erlang.garbage_collect(component.pid)
+    end)
+  end
 
   defp pid_postfix do
     to_string(:erlang.pid_to_list(self()))