Adding warnings for mrb_load functions leaking RProc objects
MODIFY
include/mruby/compile.h
include/mruby/compile.h
@@ -180,7 +180,15 @@ MRB_API struct mrb_parser_state* mrb_parse_nstring(mrb_state*,const char*,size_t
MRB_API struct RProc* mrb_generate_code(mrb_state*, struct mrb_parser_state*);
MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_exec(mrb_state *mrb, struct mrb_parser_state *p, mrbc_context *c);
-/* program load functions */
+/** program load functions
+* Please note! Currently due to interactions with the GC calling these functions will
+* leak one RProc object per function call.
+* To prevent this save the current memory arena before calling and restore the arena
+* right after, like so
+* int ai = mrb_gc_arena_save(mrb);
+* mrb_value status = mrb_load_string(mrb, buffer);
+* mrb_gc_arena_restore(mrb, ai);
+*/
#ifndef MRB_DISABLE_STDIO
MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_file(mrb_state*,FILE*);
MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_file_cxt(mrb_state*,FILE*, mrbc_context *cxt);

MODIFY
include/mruby/irep.h
include/mruby/irep.h
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ typedef struct mrb_irep {
MRB_API mrb_irep *mrb_add_irep(mrb_state *mrb);
+/** load mruby bytecode functions
+* Please note! Currently due to interactions with the GC calling these functions will
+* leak one RProc object per function call.
+* To prevent this save the current memory arena before calling and restore the arena
+* right after, like so
+* int ai = mrb_gc_arena_save(mrb);
+* mrb_value status = mrb_load_irep(mrb, buffer);
+* mrb_gc_arena_restore(mrb, ai);
+*/
+
/* @param [const uint8_t*] irep code, expected as a literal */
MRB_API mrb_value mrb_load_irep(mrb_state*, const uint8_t*);

Adding warnings for mrb_load functions leaking RProc objects