When is it acceptable to call GC.Collect?

Question

The general advise is that you should not call GC.Collect from your code, but what are the exceptions to this rule?

I can only think of a few very speci

Answer 1

You should try to avoid using GC.Collect() since its very expensive. Here is an example:

        public void ClearFrame(ulong timeStamp)
    {
        if (RecordSet.Count <= 0) return;
        if (Limit == false)
        {
            var seconds = (timeStamp - RecordSet[0].TimeStamp)/1000;
            if (seconds <= _preFramesTime) return;
            Limit = true;
            do
            {
                RecordSet.Remove(RecordSet[0]);
            } while (((timeStamp - RecordSet[0].TimeStamp) / 1000) > _preFramesTime);
        }
        else
        {
            RecordSet.Remove(RecordSet[0]);

        }
        GC.Collect(); // AVOID
    }

TEST RESULT: CPU USAGE 12%

When you change to this:

        public void ClearFrame(ulong timeStamp)
    {
        if (RecordSet.Count <= 0) return;
        if (Limit == false)
        {
            var seconds = (timeStamp - RecordSet[0].TimeStamp)/1000;
            if (seconds <= _preFramesTime) return;
            Limit = true;
            do
            {
                RecordSet[0].Dispose(); //  Bitmap destroyed!
                RecordSet.Remove(RecordSet[0]);
            } while (((timeStamp - RecordSet[0].TimeStamp) / 1000) > _preFramesTime);
        }
        else
        {
            RecordSet[0].Dispose(); //  Bitmap destroyed!
            RecordSet.Remove(RecordSet[0]);

        }
        //GC.Collect();
    }

TEST RESULT: CPU USAGE 2-3%