Is correct to use GC.Collect(); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();?

Question

I\'ve started to review some code in a project and found something like this:

GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

Those lines usua

Answer 1

I've used this just once: to clean up server-side cache of Crystal Report documents. See my response in Crystal Reports Exception: The maximum report processing jobs limit configured by your system administrator has been reached

The WaitForPendingFinalizers was particularly helpful for me, as sometimes the objects were not being cleaned up properly. Considering the relatively slow performance of the report in a web page - any minor GC delay was negligible, and the improvement in memory management gave an overall happier server for me.