Run GC.Collect synchronously

Question

GC.Collect appears to start the garbage collection in a background thread, and then return immediately. How can I run GC.Collect synchronously -- i

Answer 1

You can use GC.RegisterForFullGCNotification, trigger a full collection with GC.Collect(GC.MaxGeneration) and then the GC.WaitForFullGCComplete and GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers methods, but make sure to use this in your tests only, they should not be used for production code.